It is well established that the construction of freeways and other controlled access highways across the nation imposed significant impacts, costs, and burdens on communities and people in the path of and living nearby these highways. These impacts were borne most strongly by members of underserved communities including Black people, Indigenous people, and other populations of color, and low-income populations, and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequity. In Minnesota, these freeways and expressways comprise what is defined as the Metropolitan Highway System. Communities near the Metropolitan Highway System today still bear the harms, impacts, and consequences from the original highway construction and the continued operation, maintenance, and presence of these facilities. This study will identify the types and levels of long-term and continuing harms and impacts of the Metropolitan Highway System on adjacent communities and populations, propose mitigation investment actions, and will prioritize mitigation investments and locations for funding and eventual inclusion in the regional transportation policy plan.
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