The municipal fantasy in this low-budget effort is quaint but worth considering: Local politicos imagine they'll be able to to reverse a highway system in order to save little, old Latinas. That's sweet but it's too late.
Reality Check: The Westside is now one of the most actives spots near the loop for real estate speculation and rampant home remodeling . . . The effort would actually just fund more developers.
Luckily . . .
The project is a remnant of the old Biden administration and it's only budgeted at a million bucks, which means that's not even enough money for a stop sign and the whole thing was mostly crafted to generate nice news stories and a few public meetings and news stories like this one . . . Check-it:
Dozens of community members gathered Saturday for the third community summit addressing the Reconnecting the Westside project, an initiative aimed at healing a neighborhood divided by aging highway infrastructure.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Community in Kansas City's Westside seeks to heal decades-old highway division
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