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Multiple projects in Portland鈥檚 Albina neighborhood have received significant funding.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $450 million to the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project, U.S. Rep Earl Blumenauer and Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced on Friday. The money will go toward construction of a highway cap over a portion of Interstate 5 to reconnect Lower Albina.

鈥婭n addition, the Department of Transportation is awarding approximately $38.4 million to the Portland Bureau of Transportation for the redesign of North/Northeast Broadway and Weidler Street in Lower Albina.

鈥淔or years, I鈥檝e worked to build support among local leaders, governors, and most recently, the Secretary of Transportation in support of reconnecting and revitalizing Lower Albina,鈥� Blumenauer stated in a press release. 鈥淟ower Albina was the historic heart of Portland鈥檚 Black community before decades of racist and discriminatory policy tore apart and displaced the community. This funding is transformative not just for Portland but 鈥� as a national model to heal communities torn apart by destructive federal projects. We are showing how to do it right with this investment.鈥�

These awards come after Blumenauer invited U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to Portland to learn about the history of Lower Albina and how a federal investment will help reconnect a neighborhood torn apart by construction of the I-5 freeway more than 50 years ago, according to the press release. Blumenauer also joined Wyden and Merkley in to the Department of Transportation for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project and the Broadway redesign project.