The new program is designed to provide people easier transportation options out of and into neighborhoods infrastructure like freeways or train tracks have cut into.
The city of Tucson is one of 45 communities nationwide to receive grant money for the Reconnecting Communities Program.
The new pedestrian overpass is planned to cross I-19 at Nebraska Street, a largely residential street that runs east-west between West Irvington and Drexel Roads. According to the city's grant application, I-19's construction in the early 1960s cut off the neighborhood's easy access to the Santa Cruz River, schools and medical services.
Though not an inherent characteristic of food deserts, these areas tend to be associated with socioeconomic characteristics such as lower income levels, reliance on public transportation and other alternate modes of transit, and a higher non-white population—all demographic characteristics of the area that will be served by the new Nebraska Street bridge.
Today we celebrate my efforts to bring more federal💵 home to #Tucson. This @USDOT grant connects our southside neighborhoods to services & opportunity while centering climate and mobility justice! I am excited to keep working to bring more $$$ to Tucson. #ReconnectingCommunities https://t.co/cVwfnrUIB4
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