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This is a how the city of Rochester describes its Inner Loop:

The Inner Loop Expressway rings the City of Rochester’s Central Business District like a noose, strangling the downtown area from adjacent vibrant densely-populated neighborhoods. 

The above is from a failed 2009 application [PDF] for $22.5 million in federal transportation funding. Late last year, the city struck out again with the feds - this time in a bid for a $14.7 million TIGER grant.

Now, in a letter to City Council, Mayor Tom Richards wants to spend $2 million for another shot at filling in the city's sunken expressway.

Last October, Mohamed Mohamed was working as a bureaucrat in a Buffalo office of the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).

In November, he was sworn in as the prime minister of his native Somalia.

What came next was harrowing and hopeful - but ultimately unfinished.