People in New Rochelle are getting the chance to help shape their city.

The city is planning to turn one of the six lanes of Memorial Highway into a park, similar to the High Line in New York City.

The Department of Development hosted a workshop Monday night to give people the chance to learn about the project and share their thoughts.

Adam Salgado, the city's commissioner of development, says it's a gesture to a historically African American community in New Rochelle, the Lincoln Avenue Corridor community that was disproportionately affected by urban renewal.

"This really is through stakeholder engagement a way to engage that Lincoln Avenue community and reimagine Memorial Highway, which was taken from the community back in the ‘50s and have it be a park and provide an asset to the community,” said Salgado.

The project is budgeted for $25 million, all set aside between federal and state money.

Construction is expected to begin around 2025 or 2026 and should take about two years.