Philadelphia is using millions in grant money to find out if Chinatown can be 'stitched' back together decades after I-676 cut it apart. Capping the Vine Street Expressway is being considered.
The Chinatown Stitch"This project focuses on the area between Broad Street to 8th Street and Callowhill Street to Race Street,"
, which is a partnership with the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation to evaluate ways to reconnect the neighborhood on both sides of I-676.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. "The initial phase of the Chinatown Stitch project will study ways to reconnect the Chinatown neighborhood across the Vine Street Expressway I-676," Philadelphia Deputy Managing Director for Transportation Mike Carroll said."OTIS is proud to lead this important work to repair historic harms caused by the highway construction, which physically divided Chinatown and heightened traffic safety and environmental justice issues.
“After more than three decades of harm and displacement caused by the Vine Street Expressway, the Reconnecting Communities grant is a beacon of hope for the Chinatown community,” John Chin, executive director for PCDC, said.
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