Citizens for Regional Transit is urging the state Department of Transportation to take a more comprehensive examination of the Kensington Expressway project, which calls for a 3/4-mile tunnel over a part of the highway to replicate, above ground, a portion of the original Humboldt Parkway.
The organization said the project also doesn’t comply with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the “green Amendment” to the state constitution voters approved in 2021.
“We are calling for a full environmental impact study, using a community-driven process like was done for the Scajaquada/Region Central project,” a statement from the organization said. “This $1 billion project should not be decided in isolation. It must consider long-range plans across all modes (of transportation).”
The organization, which promotes rail and light rail alternatives, said the project as it stands now falls short.Â
“The scope fails in that it is limited to highways and cars and to perpetuating today’s car-centric transportation system,” the organization said in its comments to the DOT. “We need to invest in the future. The Kensington build alternative is investing in the past.”
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