Did you actually read the article or did you look at the title and thought it was stupid? Because, I admit, it's a stupid title.
Pete Buttigieg’s First Big Project Is Taking Down a Racist Texas Highway
https://slate.com/business/2021/03/buttigieg-texas-highway-houston-civil-rights.html
But to break it down, the federal government is stepping in to protect a county that is being overruled by the state. The county doesn't want the highway widened and claims it will displace a thousand homes, hundreds of businesses, five houses of worship, and two schools. The state arguing that
traffic will go up 40 percent by 2040 and the county claiming traffic has been falling on I-45 since 2008, and mass displacement will only inflict more damage, among other points of dispute.
So, what was the county suppose to do, exactly if the state is unwilling to listen?