Albany’s I-787 adds to highway removal projects across New York state

Demolishing and repurposing urban highways is becoming a common project around the world as city leaders look to reconnect communities. New York state is no stranger to this trend.

Whether it’s the inner loop transformations in Rochester…

“The number of people who are out, observed walking and biking prior to this project, you wouldn’t have seen any of that,” explained the Rochester’s Neighborhood and Business Development Deputy Commissioner Erik Frisch. “It was a highway.”…

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