The Michigan Department of Transportation continues to move forward with a major reconstruction and expansion of the I-196 highway through downtown Grand Rapids. Last week the agency sponsored a session to solicit citizen ideas for how the new roadway and bridges should look, feel, and function. Wider sidewalks and bike lanes, period-style lighting, and native landscaping were common themes.
According to excerpts from the story:
MDOT plans to rebuild a busy portion of I-196 in Grand Rapids in 2010 and area residents and users of the highway attended a public meeting this afternoon.
Dozens of community stakeholders attended the meeting this afternoon, including many residents. Angel Gonzalez who lives in the Belknap neighborhood just north of I-196 felt the community brainstorming session was positive. "I don't think it's just for show, I hope that they are really going to take our input and the ideas that we come up with and implement them in the ultimate design. That's important."
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