In 2018, state highway officials began fencing off public areas in the Franklin Avenue corridor to deter homeless encampments near busy roadways.
Seven years later, with the fencing still in place, frustration is spilling over among those who use the high-traffic area and Native leaders who want to make it a cultural corridor.
Those concerns bubbled to the surface last month at a public safety meeting of the Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors (MUID), which brings together leaders of local Native-led organizations…