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Yes, it should be fixed, but there are many priorities which are in greater need and should not be put on the back burner for the idea that a magical park is most important right now.

Actually disagree because highways that split communities like this and 83 have negative impacts on our city. This is jobs and justice, can’t think of anything more important.

The history of I-83 is an interesting one. While removing the elevated portion of the road from chase to Fayette street would spur development along Fallsway, construction of the JFX largely caused condemnation of industrial buildings and heavy polluters along the Jones falls viaduct. The I-170 segment in west Baltimore was way more egregious in its condemnation of homes and destruction of a residential neighborhood.

That being said, I think the highway to nowhere would be better suited as a high capacity transit corridor, and freeway removal money would be well spent tearing down the jfx from chase st to Fayette and capping the portion of the freeway near Penn Station. That would spur development of the penn-fallsway parking lot and help stitch together the station north and my Vernon neighborhoods.

While you’re right that this city has a lot of other major issues that need fixing, this proposal involves federal funds specifically for freeway removal as part of the infrastructure investment and jobs act. It’s a situation where the money is there or it isn’t. Capping the freeway to nowhere not only raises the land value of the property directly along Franklin and Mulberry, it provides additional development opportunities in addition to this “magical park.” The only drawback would be real estate speculators and outside investors pricing many of the residents out of the area. It would only work if there’s a healthy mix of market rate and affordable development along the corridor.

Disagree with what? Van Hollen's not arguing we should fix the 'to Nowhere' part.

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Mount Vernon and station north are stitched together. 83 doesn’t impact those neighborhoods.

Stitched together by what? A gulf of railroad tracks and an interstate? Just because you have a few streets that connect them doesn’t mean they aren’t separated. 83 definitely affects them, and connecting the two would make both neighborhoods more accessible to each other

83 is west of those neighborhoods. 83 before the highway was just a river. You need to look at a neighborhood map. Station North was the Charles North neighborhood. It’s north of midtown-Belvedere/mount Vernon.

It needs to be completed.