Bakersfield, California has officially opened the new Centennial Corridor freeway, a project that has significantly reshaped a part of the city. The completion of the two-mile freeway was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by various partners including the City of Bakersfield, Kern County, the Kern Council of Governments, and the Thomas Roads Improvement Program. The construction of this segment of State Route 58, known as the Centennial Corridor, led to the demolition of a large section of the Westpark neighborhood, resulting in the displacement of approximately 400 families. The project involved the removal of 271 homes, 15 multi-family buildings, and 36 commercial structures. The freeway expansion, which cost $1.5 billion, is part of a broader series of infrastructure developments in the region.
LA City: we gotta build housing! City Depts: hold on, making the street wider and more dangerous comes first - so build less housing at higher cost! (Temple St. at Bonnie Brae) https://t.co/IyWnmM4RUL
No @CaltransHQ freeway expansion binge hasn't ended. @CaltransDist6 and #Bakersfield displaced ~400 families to build a $1.5B 2-miles of freeway - which opened today https://t.co/NK5e0HwWiZ
Bakersfield Opens New Centennial Corridor Freeway. The two-mile freeway demolished a swath of the Westpark neighborhood: 271 homes, 15 multi-family buildings and 36 commercial structures https://t.co/Nq9bRgUWFs
The end of Bakersfield’s dead-end highway! The ribbon is cut on the Centennial Corridor. The story tonight on #kget 17 News at 5:00 https://t.co/Jid5zx82Di
In position on the newest section of State Route 58 for today’s ribbon-cutting for the Centennial Corridor Project along with our partners at the Thomas Roads Improvement Program - the City of Bakersfield, Kern County and the Kern Council of Governments. https://t.co/tYRKXq2T9h
Sugar Hill, formerly the wealthiest Black neighborhood in Los Angeles, was completely leveled for construction of the Santa Monica Freeway, I-10. https://t.co/N9Bwj6OyjE