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Federal Highway Officials Reach Agreement With Alabama Over Claims It Discriminated Against Flooded Black Residents

Inside Climate News · By Lee Hedgepeth · last updated
Homeowners in Shiloh say the state’s expansion of US Highway 84 carelessly flooded their properties. One said the agreement may help residents, but he wishes it would have been more explicit on the role of race.

By Lee Hedgepeth

SHILOH COMMUNITY, Ala.—The Federal Highway Administration has reached a voluntary resolution agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation over claims that it discriminated against residents through a highway expansion project that led to repeated flooding of a historically Black community. 

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