Mend the GAP: reuniting barrio logan through freeway lid parks will plan two new parks that will cover a freeway in barrio logan, a disadvantaged community in SAN diego, CA

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 20.940) will provide $2,000,000.00 to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to complete feasibility, planning, and early design work for two freeway lid parks in the Barrio Logan community of San Diego, CA. The project, titled "MEND THE GAP: REUNITING BARRIO LOGAN THROUGH FREEWAY LID PARKS," aims to increase community cohesion, provide new access options, and safeguard the environmentally burdened community from climate change. The award has an end date of September 30, 2028.

The RCP program focuses on addressing infrastructure barriers that have historically divided communities. Eligible projects under this program include pedestrian walkways, multimodal transportation corridors, highway caps, and urban infrastructure modifications intended to improve mobility, access, and economic development opportunities for disadvantaged communities.

This project will complete feasibility, planning, and early design work for two freeway lids identified in local and regional planning documents. The new freeway lid parks will increase community cohesion, provide new access options, and safeguard the environmentally burdened community from climate change.