The South Park neighborhood was awarded $1.6 million from the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Tuesday that 45 projects across the country would be receiving money from this $185 million grant. The proposal for Reconnect South Park is interested in removing a segment of Highway 99 that runs down the middle of South Park. If the segment of the highway was removed, traffic would be diverted away from the residential areas, using roads that already exist. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/infrastructure/south-park-receives-16-million-reconnecting-communities-pilot-program-grant/281-2f4d6464-0f31-4dfd-b183-e95112d7b041