Allocation of Road Funds to Equity Zones

About the Program

Category: Transportation (Best in Category)

Year: 2021

To increase equity in Cuyahoga County, applications for County Road funding in areas designated as “Equity Zones” received additional considerations. Equity Zones were identified using historical maps illustrating the discriminatory practice of “redlining”. The program allocates additional County funding to infrastructure projects in underserved Black communities where decades of disinvestment resulted from discriminatory redlining practices.