Community leaders told federal government officials in Houston that the proposal to remake 24 miles of Interstate 45 would harm Black and Latino neighborhoods.
's administration is taking into consideration the impact infrastructure plans have on different minority groups.said the department plans to listen to concerns like the ones on display in Houston to change the historical trend of transportation projects harming minority groups and poorer areas of the country.
U.S. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat, said she would not support the project until the concerns and questions of residents and community groups are answered. Pollack said she could not give residents and others answers to questions they had on Monday because the investigation was ongoing.
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