I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project
For several years, AVT has been envisioning a new kind of community in the lower Albina area of Portland. The ground is special. lt is a place where the racial inequity of urban renewal came, then came again, and again. Promises were made and broken. Black people and immigrants were displaced. Wealth was taken. The construction of lnterstate 5 (l-5) was central to this unjust history and any future investment in the area should strive to repair the damage done.
Numerous community assets will be impacted bythe proposed RQIP. Harriet Tubman Middle School and the many children of the future who will spend their days in lower Albina will forever be impacted by unsafe surface routes and elevated emissions. AVT advocates that future highway plans prioritize children and connect neighborhoods. lf we work together with this in mind, a new kind of community will emerge – one that recognizes the past and puts all of our children at its core.
