Southfield Freeway to close for 5 months (Detroit)
Southfield Freeway to close for 5 months
$80M repair project to shut down 3.3-mile stretch starting in June Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News http://cmsimg.detnews.com/apps/pbcsi...R&Profile=1414 Quote:
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It's in terrible condition. And they'll also fix the concrete walls too I assume where people have drove entirely through them
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They just reconstructed Southfield road between I-94 and I-75 and the stretch of Southfield through Allen Park and Dearborn is in really good shape, so it'll be nice to have this area brought up to par.;)
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I had to drive on this freeway between 696 and Dearborn every day for a month this year. Glad this didn't happen sooner, haha.
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Yeah, the infrastructure support in Detroit over the last year has really been phenomenal. 94 is a blast to drive now.
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The Redevelopment of Detroit
Uniroyal site cleanup in sight: Cost-sharing plan in place for major portion
Daniel Duggan CrainsDetroit Business December 5, 2010 Quote:
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In other related news..........
State fund recommends $34M for Detroit riverfront CrainsDetroitBusiness December 5, 2010 The city of Detroit's riverfront could get $34 million in park funding under a set of recommendations by the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. Of the spending, $25 million would be for land acquisition near the RiverWalk path and $9 million would go for a public recreation center in the Globe Building on the riverfront. The exact location was not disclosed. Also proposed is $375,000 to extend the Dequindre Cut north of Gratiot Avenue. The recommendations go to Gov. Jennifer Granholm for her review. She will then forward them to the Legislature. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...oit-riverfront The requests are part of $102 million in spending from the fund, which is using proceeds of the state's May auction of $178 million in mineral rights in northern Michigan to natural gas exploration companies. Daniel Duggan |
You can thank Granholm and the democratically controlled Congress for that.;)
I am actually very pleased with the work, particularly in my neck of the woods. All of my biggest headaches have been eliminated!;) Even on the roads that they didn't reconstruct or resurface, they grinded down all of the "speed bumps" that would form from the semi trucks. There's honestly not much left to truly complain about, at least on the roads I drive on most frequently. |
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Here's a video MDOT put together on youtube about the M-39 project.
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That video was..
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Big news for W. Vernor: $2.5M for streetscape improvements, Atrium Gallery launches second show
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Tax-free zone plan for Detroit is taking shape
By KATHLEEN GRAY Free Press Staff Writer December 7, 2010 When Newt Gingrich suggested last spring that Detroit's rebirth might happen if the city were transformed into a tax-free zone, many scoffed. But the Detroit Regional Chamber took the former U.S. House speaker's proposal seriously and is preparing to present just such a plan to Mayor Dave Bing early next year. "We're trying to identify what kind of taxes to eliminate and how to find replacement revenue," said Sandy Baruah, chamber president and CEO. "We have to have this great city recover, and to accomplish that, we've got to be a little inventive." With $500,000 worth of donated consulting work from the accounting firm Deloitte, the chamber also has met with business leaders to determine which changes in tax policy would make them more likely to make new investments in their companies. The chamber also is looking at whether to tweak individual taxes, such as the city's personal income tax, or just business taxes. ... But any such proposal also would need the blessing of the Detroit City Council, Gov.-elect Rick Snyder, a new Republican-controlled state House and Senate -- and possibly even Congress. ... |
Detroit gets funding for $55M police and fire headquarters
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It's related to the point that DPD/DFD's move to the MGM freed up space for Wayne County in Greektown. In fact, it was in October that Wayne County announced that they are eyeing the current DPD building and another site in Greektown for their new justice complex.
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It looks like we may finally see the old Free Press building renovated into apartments... five years later... ;)
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Great to hear this is moving forward. Hopefully we hear movement on the Book soon.
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