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Residents press MDOT on access, displacement risk and local jobs at I-375 meeting
Summary
Public commenters at the MDOT I-375 meeting raised concerns about displacement, emergency access during construction, potential travel delays, local contracting opportunities and whether federal funding might be rescinded; MDOT and partners pledged continued outreach and small-business inclusion.
A broad range of residents and business owners at the Michigan Department of Transportation's I-375 meeting voiced skepticism about the proposed conversion of parts of the freeway to an at-grade boulevard, pressing officials on displacement, emergency access and local economic opportunities.
Beverly Kendall Walker, who said she was born in Black Bottom, argued the project risks repeating past urban-renewal harms and questioned reliance on federal dollars that she said may be "yanked" by the current administration. "We have not been really included in the…
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