Baltimore City officials are reaching out to the community members in West Baltimore ahead of the city’s ambitious goal to raze and reimagine the westside’s infamous “Highway to Nowhere.”
“The Highway to Nowhere” was built in the 1970s with a goal of better connecting the city to the suburbs, but its initial construction tore through several then-middle-class Black neighborhoods. Opposition from residents in the suburbs and other parts of the city eventually halted the highway project, creating a lasting concrete scar on West Baltimore.
The city held the first of several listening sessions with community members this week. Officials say a formal plan should be announced this spring.
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