About five years ago, the #neighborhood started seeing major #flooding. The inundations began around the same time the Alabama Department of #Transportation—or ALDOT—finished widening a two-lane section of #Highway 84 at a higher elevation than before, and residents say the road’s drainage system funnels stormwater onto their properties.

#EnvironmentalRacism #/EnvironmentalJustice #SubsidizingFossilFuels #ExternalizingImpacts #DisposablePlaces #VampireCapitalism

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28072023/elba-alabama-flooding-environmental-justice-robert-bullard/