Residents and officials say PennDot skewed a survey to downplay residents’ frustrations about an I-95 reconstruction project.
Back in June, when PennDot officials met with South Philadelphia residents over a, the state agency pledged to heed community concerns. After all, many parents were furious over PennDot’s proposals for the decades-long interstate reconstruction project that would snake roads through the heart of parkland where thousands of children play baseball, soccer, and flag football year-round.
Residents said they felt blindsided when PennDot posted the proposals on its website in September, and quickly swamped the state agency’s virtual survey, even if many complained it was confusing and hard to navigate. Brad Rudolph, a deputy communications director for PennDot, said the agency had not intended to mislead anybody, and had accurately noted the overall takeaway of the study — that the neighborhood did not want to lose the fields. The agency has said that that plans will change with ongoing input from the community and the Delaware River Port Authority, which owns the parkland and leases it to the leagues for free.
Already critical of PennDot’s outreach, South Philly community groups want PennDot to scrap the study and start fresh.
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