#unionpacificrailyard — Public Fediverse posts

After deemed a cancer cluster, the city of Houston offered buyouts to relocate residents from the Fifth Ward. But many residents saw developers coming in and cleaning up the area. Now they ask is it a good time to move from the neighborhood that many have lived in for decades?

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/03/06/479784/industry-poisoned-a-vibrant-black-neighborhood-in-houston-is-a-buyout-the-solution/

#CityOfHouston #CivilRights #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #CancerCluster #Creosote #EnvironmentalJustice #FifthWard #KashmereGardens #UnionPacificRailYard

Community members living near a contaminated Union Pacific Rail Yard in Fifth Ward are outraged by the City of Houston’s lack of transparency.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/development/2024/02/08/477002/fifth-ward-residents-want-more-transparency/

#CityOfHouston #Development #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #CancerCluster #FifthWard #MayorJohnWhitmire #UnionPacificRailYard

Funding that will help move Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens residents living near a contaminated railyard is being reconsidered after being delayed for almost a month.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/housing/2024/02/01/476201/city-of-houston-to-vote-on-last-phase-to-relocate-residents-living-in-cancer-cluster/

#CityOfHouston #Housing #Local #News #CancerCluster #FifthWard #KashmereGardens #UnionPacificRailYard #VoluntaryRelocationFund