Community Leaders Meet to Discuss Plans for Green Space Under I-20/59

| February 11, 2016 

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Last week, representatives from REV Birmingham and consultants Barge Waggoner and Cannon met with community leaders to discuss possibilities for the 6,600 foot stretch of land under I-20/59. The consultants presented a plan for creating usable public green space under the interstate. For more on this, we talk to Nick Patterson, editor of the weekly newspaper WELD. Patterson says people at the public meeting were divided on what to use the space for, some calling for public space, and others calling for more parking.

Design from Barge Waggoner and Cannon for the space under the I-20/59 bridge.

Barge Waggoner and Cannon
Design from Barge Waggoner and Cannon for the space under the I-20/59 bridge.

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