this is one of many areas that are now developing IN SPITE of government actions taken along here.
Specific examples of how their actions have improved the area can be cited, not the least of which being a bunch of government construction and bringing a good number of employees to the area.

What specific examples can you provide of how their actions have hindered the area's improvement?

That stretch or road was never, ever walkable or particularly desirable. The point being it's way better now than before the urban renewal project commenced.