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NAACP files suit over Erie highway plan, waterfront access

by Michael Rubinkam
| December 15, 2020 9:27 AM

Pennsylvania’s plan to upgrade a major road along the city of Erie’s waterfront will wind up reducing pedestrian and cyclist access to the bay and disproportionately harm minority and low-income residents who live nearby, the NAACP charged in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

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