THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE ERIE UNIT 2262 v. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ) THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED ) PEOPLE ERIE UNIT 2262, et al., ) C.A. No. 20-362 Erie Plaintiffs ) ) v. ) District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ) FEDERAL HIGHWAY ) ADMINISTRATION, et al., ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION I. INTRODUCTION A. Relevant Factual Background The Bayfront Parkway (State Road 4034) is a state highway running east to west at the northern edge of the City of Erie, Pennsylvania, dividing Lake Erie’s Bayfront on the north from the Erie’s downtown district on the south.…