#i375

[livefrommyroom]

Redesigning the I-375 corridor is a once-in-50-years opportunity to redefine a key entry to the heart of downtown and east riverfront.

These designs are definite improvements to what is there now but they are far from ideal. Why do they still think they need 4 travel lanes in each direction? That road only sees about 40,000 ADT. Two car lanes in each direction could handle that traffic load easily. Essentially, the new designs still leave too great a distance from one side to the other. 

You can find more about the project and public engagement here.

[resurgedetroit]

State and city officials are considering what to do with I-375, a 1-mile stretch of interstate that cuts through Downtown neighborhoods.

One of the more controversial expressways, I375 was originally built to take down developments specifically built by the African American population in Detroit mere years before the most devastating riots the county has ever seen.

This link provides some research of 4 cities that have destroyed a similar road and replaced it with development. Read up, kiddies. And write your legislator. Let's get the development back!