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Highway Robbery: How 80 Years of Land Use and Transportation Policy Slowly Strangled a Neighborhood

This summer, Kansas City initiated a study to evaluate the lowering of Route 9 to street grade between Interstate 70 and the Heart of America Bridge where it separates the River Market and Columbus Park neighborhoods.  While the study is focused on engineering feasibility, the larger purpose of the project is to better connect the…

September 16, 2020 in Topics, Urban Design.

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