I-244's detrimental impacts on the Greenwood District have become a topic of discussion.

A report recently identified the highway built through the heart of Greenwood the 1970s as one of several across the U.S. to tear down, and the Tulsa’s Young Professionals Urbanist Crew has now put forth a proposal on how to do that.

Cody Brandt with the TYPros Urbanist Crew gave a presenation last week on the proposal, which says a tunnel approach would be too expensive. In Dallas and Seattle, projects to move highways underground cost $440 million and $1.9 billion per mile. Brandt said a highways to boulevards approach could work, though.

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By Matt Trotter