SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Three Syracuse public officials visited San Francisco this month to see the effects of replacing an elevated highway like Interstate 81 with a surface-level boulevard.
The Syracuse contingent included Andrew Maxwell, director of the Syracuse-Onondaga County Planning Agency; Van Robinson, president of the Syracuse Common Council; and Bill Simmons, executive director of the Syracuse Housing Authority.
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Representatives from New Orleans, who are confronting similar decisions, also participated in the two-day visit earlier this month. The group met with urban planners, city officials and others to discuss the impacts of removing sections of highway from neighborhoods in San Francisco and Oakland.
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