The elevated portion of Interstate 81, right, carries traffic past Pioneer Homes in Syracuse, Friday, June 24, 2022. The highway and public housing could be replaced by a neighborhood of market-rate and affordable homes.
Washington – A plan to rebuild parts of Syracuse that languished in the shadows of Interstate 81 for more than half a century is about to move a step closer to reality.
The federal government plans to award a $180 million grant to Syracuse and New York state to lay the groundwork for a new neighborhood that would rise along the highway’s old route, according to New York’s two U.S. senators.
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