The proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan being unveiled by President Joe Biden Wednesday is aimed at fixing thousands of roads and bridges and investing in growing industries like renewable energy.
And while details on specific projects and proposals are expected to be released in the coming days, New Orleans was one of the very few specific mentions in a White House document outlining the "American Jobs Plan."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants $2 trillion to reengineer America's infrastructure and expects the nation's corporations to pay for it.
In a section focused on how the proposal would address the country's infrastructure needs, the White House said the bill should "redress historic inequities and build the future of transportation infrastructure." And it mentioned two highways.
One was an interstate in New York. Another was the Claiborne Expressway.
The elevated extension of Interstate 10 along N. Claiborne Avenue was built in the 1960s and cut through the middle of Treme and other neighborhoods. At the time, N. Claiborne was a key business corridor for the city's Black community, its neutral ground lined with stately oak trees.
The oak trees on the neutral ground on North Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans, February, 1966. The trees were dug up to make way for the elevated leg of the I-10 extension.
Despite protests, the trees were cut down to make way for a highway that would slice the area in two and tear apart the neighborhood. Ever since, efforts to tear down the section of I-10 or its off-ramps have failed to get off the ground.
Biden's proposal suggests that there could be federal for support for such a move. In the section that mentions the Claiborne Expressway, the White House document said that the infrastructure plan includes $20 billion "for a new program that will reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments" among other goals.
It began in 2010 with a proposal to tear down the elevated Interstate 10 expressway over North Claiborne Avenue. It then expanded into a much …
The expressway isn't the only Louisiana mention in the proposal. It also addresses Hurricane Laura, the devastating Category 4 storm that made landfall in August, 2020, in Cameron Parish near Lake Charles.
The storm caused $19 billion in damage and wreaked havoc on the infrastructure of Southwest Louisiana.
The White House said it plans to invest in infrastructure that will be "more resilient in the face of increasingly severe floods, wildfires, hurricanes and other risks."
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