According to Politico, the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to remove allegedly racist inner-city highways may be doomed to failure.

According to Politico, Congress has allocated a total of about $4.5 billion to the Biden-Harris administration to fund highway removal projects in American cities. ReportedSome of the roads in the city center Appearance Blame it on systemic racism. To date, the administration has fully spent only about 4% of the $3.5 billion in grants announced by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to promote urban highway removal. If former President Donald Trump is re-elected, his administration could try to recoup those unspent funds.

The White House has cited the link between racism and public infrastructure. press release He is promoting infrastructure projects, including efforts to demolish urban highways. In addition, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said “Racism is physically built into some of our highways,” he said before a 2021 visit to Syracuse, New York, where one such roadway has been selected to receive federal funding, according to Politico. (Related: 'Everything is a mess': Internal documents reveal DEI requirements are hindering Biden's EV agenda)

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According to Politico, many of the Biden-Harris administration's infrastructure plans face similar time constraints, albeit to a lesser extent, with a second Trump administration looming. When it comes to funding for highway removal projects, a Trump administration could change the criteria for funding, removing “fairness” as a guideline, for example.

Vice President Kamala Harris has supported the administration's urban highway removal plan in the past, according to Politico. During a visit to Georgia in April, Harris outlined a $185 million grant to build a paved roof over a highway in downtown Atlanta. The grant will reconnect Atlanta's business district with a historic African-American neighborhood and free up 14 acres of land for new development.

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