Chinatown Stitch Project In Philadelphia Uncertain After Trump Administration Appears To Strip Federal Funding

CBS Philadelphia

July 17, 2025

A transformational effort to reconnect Philadelphia's Chinatown may be in jeopardy after a Republican-backed federal bill, signed into law by President Trump, appears to have stripped nearly all of the project's promised funding.

The Chinatown Stitch project, first announced in 2023, aimed to cap the Vine Street Expressway (I-676) between 10th and 13th streets, creating new public green space, safer streets, and better access to jobs, schools, and services in one of the city's most historic neighborhoods.

The Biden administration had pledged nearly $160 million toward the project. But now, only $8.3 million in planning funds have been officially released; enough to keep design efforts underway, but not nearly enough to break ground.

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