Joe Biden DOT Halts Texas Highway Project Using the Civil Rights Act

[mystery-ak]

Jacob Bliss  1 Apr 2021

President Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has paused a highway widening project in Houston, Texas, citing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as legal justification.

In what could be a first for any administration in this context, the Biden administration is using its federal powers to pause the Texas DOT plan to widen Interstate 45. The administration is doing this as a test to address what it calls a history of “government-driven racial inequalities.”

This comes after complaints from local activities during the federal DOT’s intervention period. The proposed plan, known as the North Houston Highway Improvement Project, is proposed to widen I-45 at three different sections.

The Texas DOT’s completed environmental review of the project in February found it would have a significant impact on the surrounding communities the highway currently runs through. It would reportedly displace a substantial number of black and Hispanic communities, including schools, places of worship, and more than 1,000 homes and businesses.

Biden’s transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, claims he will make what he calls “systemic racism” the centerpiece of his time at the department, consistent with Biden’s Executive Order 13985.

Title VI is part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs that are receiving federal financial assistance.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/01/biden-dot-halts-texas-highway-project-using-the-civil-rights-act/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The price of accepting federal money.

Don't take it and do any damn thing you want to and dare them to do anything about it.

Texas needs to secede from this crap.

[Idiot]

Not to worry as traffic congestion is not a problem in Houston.

[Bigun]

The price of accepting federal money.

Don't take it and do any damn thing you want to and dare them to do anything about it.

Texas needs to secede from this crap.

    

[Night Hides Not]

The price of accepting federal money.

Don't take it and do any damn thing you want to and dare them to do anything about it.

Texas needs to secede from this crap.

Texas needs to employ the 10th Amendment at every opportunity, and our Governor needs to get his balls out of the lockbox.

[240B]

This is going to make a lot of friend for Biden and Buttgig in Texas.
Biden is just making friends all over the country with crap like this.
The next election should be 'interesting' for Democrats.
The Biden administration builds nothing, improves nothing, helps nothing, and does nothing.
All they do is halt, stop, cease and desist, all current ongoing projects and businesses across America.

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[LegalAmerican]

This is going to make a lot of friend for Biden and Buttgig in Texas.
Biden is just making friends all over the country with crap like this.
The next election should be 'interesting' for Democrats.
The Biden administration builds nothing, improves nothing, helps nothing, and does nothing.
All they do is halt, stop, cease and desist, all current ongoing projects and businesses across America.

What happened to the 4 trillion dollars infrastructure plan?  RACE has zero to do with construction.  If people have homes in the way, AMENDMENT  5 is used. Eminate sp? Domain. People are compensated FMV for their homes. It happened to my ex-husband.  That is just what happens.  They are widening a road?  Now it is RACIST!  I can't stand their thinking.
It is luck of the draw.  OR NOT.  Depends on where you live.  NOT RACISM. Normal people, get it. P.S.  NO MORE ELECTIONS.  WE ARE DONE. Why do people talk about 'elections'?