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Old Posted Dec 4, 2010, 2:39 PM
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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


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Motorists who use the Southfield Freeway will face tough traveling next year when the state closes a 3.3-mile stretch of M-39 for five months as part of an $80 million road and bridge project.

The Southfield will be closed in both directions from McNichols (Six Mile) in Detroit to the Lodge Freeway interchange in Southfield from early June until Oct. 31, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.
http://www.detnews.com/article/20101...e-for-5-months
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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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Old Posted Dec 5, 2010, 12:57 AM
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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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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.
That I noticed on my recent visit. Actually I was riding into town with two friends who had never seen Detroit before. Everywhere we drove we seemed to hit brand new roads. from I-94,Southfield Road, to I-75 near the bridge, and finally Woodward Ave. All of them fresh concrete. They thought Detroit had the best roads in the world. Compared to what we've dealt with lately in Chicago I can see why they felt that way. Michigan Avenue is full of tons of sinkholes right now.
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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
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December 5, 2010

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A plan is finally in place that dictates which companies will pay for the cleanup of most of the 40-acre site and lays out an 18-month work schedule to start early next year.

And a resolution is close to being finalized for the remainder of the site, said Detroit Economic Growth Corp. President George Jackson, who has been working on the development deal for nine years.

"The bottom line is that we now have an agreement on how to move forward," he said. "And we're getting the level of remediation that we've wanted -- to have it brought to residential levels, not industrial."

The cost to remediate the portion under agreement is divided between Detroit-based DTE Energy Co.; Wilmington, Del.-based E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; and Greenville, S.C.-based Michelin USA Inc.

The cost to clean up the site has been estimated in the past at $15 million to $20 million, but Jackson said the actual cost won't be known until crews start digging up the ground.

DTE will pay for cleanup of the three Michigan Consolidated Gas parcels and also will split the cleanup cost of the Michigan Ammonia Works parcel with DuPont.
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In other related news..........

State fund recommends $34M for Detroit riverfront
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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
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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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It's in terrible condition. And they'll also fix the concrete walls too I assume where people have drove entirely through them
It almost seems like yesterday when they reconstructed the entire stretch of the Southfield Fwy from I-94 to Southfield Road... And now they're doing it again. I can't remember the exact year when they did it before, but I was definitely in my teenage years and I'm only in my mid to late 20s now.
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2010, 10:36 PM
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Here's a video MDOT put together on youtube about the M-39 project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag3YgALN0AE
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Old Posted Dec 7, 2010, 12:27 AM
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It almost seems like yesterday when they reconstructed the entire stretch of the Southfield Fwy from I-94 to Southfield Road... And now they're doing it again. I can't remember the exact year when they did it before, but I was definitely in my teenage years and I'm only in my mid to late 20s now.
Are you sure you aren't thinking of the Lodge?
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That video was..

...very well produced. Wow, MDot! I know of plenty of high end architecture firms that can't even do that!
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Big news for W. Vernor: $2.5M for streetscape improvements, Atrium Gallery launches second show

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The Michigan Department of Transportation has made a conditional commitment of $2.5 million to Southwest Detroit Business Association for infrastructure improvements along W. Vernor between Patton and Clark parks. The entire project cost is $5.56 million; the organization will raise the remaining funds throughout 2011 and hope to being construction in 2012. "We're not looking to fund-raise small money," says Vittoria Katanski, SDBA's marketing director. "We're looking at it as a development project, like Odd Fellows Hall, a financing-type piece."
http://www.modeldmedia.com/devnews/w...ews120710.aspx
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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.

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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.

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Detroit gets funding for $55M police and fire headquarters
BY STEVE NEAVLING
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Bing said the sale of the $100-million bond, which council members feared would fall apart, was a reflection of investors growing optimism about the city's economic future.


"This is a major step forward for the city of Detroit," Bing said in a statement today. "It shows that the financial markets believe in what we're doing to bring fiscal responsibility back to Detroit, but more importantly, it sets the stage for us to make Detroit a safer city."


The plan calls for a new headquarters for the Detroit Police and Fire Departments, along with a state-of-the-art crime lab and evidence room, at the former MGM Grand Detroit casino's temporary home, a 400,000-square-foot building that the city bought this summer for $6.3 million.


Bing said the current headquarters are inefficient and costly to taxpayers.
http://www.freep.com/article/2010121...ce-and-fire-HQ
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Detroit gets funding for $55M police and fire headquarters
BY STEVE NEAVLING
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http://www.freep.com/article/2010121...ce-and-fire-HQ
http://morenoarchitects.com/index/pa...complex-1.html

...But I'm not entirely certain, but obviously related....
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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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Vote set on plans to develop old Free Press building
Jaclyn Trop / The Detroit News
Plans to turn the former Detroit Free Press downtown office building into apartments, retail and office space may proceed because of a state tax break.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Free Press Holdings LLC plans to spend $73.2 million to renovate the building at 321 W. Lafayette Blvd. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. is scheduled to vote today on giving the project a state brownfield credit valued at $10 million.

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From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20101214/...#ixzz188NOMy4u
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Great to hear this is moving forward. Hopefully we hear movement on the Book soon.

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