NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO ) — The Claiborne Expressway has cut through the heart of the Tremé neighborhood since the 1960s, when the new interstates were being built.
Yet Amy Stelly, the founder of Claiborne Avenue Alliance Design Studio, says it’s driven so many away.
Now, a new Enviornmental Protection Agency grant is helping researchers dig into just how damaging the expressway has been, studying everything from traffic and air quality to public health and economics…