The Road to Preserving History

[T]he 1966 Department of Transportation Act say[s] that a federal highway project cannot destroy any historic area if there is a ”prudent and feasible alternative.” These words have blocked, for example, highways from paving parts of the French Quarter in New Orleans and Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.

But as Congress begins negotiating a new transportation bill, the Bush administration and the highway lobby are trying to weaken those protections in the name of “streamlining” the process of building the nation’s roads.

Remember: Bush and the Radical Right aren’t out to change ONE thing; they are bent on changing everything as quickly as possible, before they lose power. mjh