Regardless of the rationale, or the speed at which the work is completed...
...it still stands that MDOT decided the road network could function with this segment of I-96 effectively removed from the map for one year. Rationalize that however you want.
I have shirts in my closet that I throw away if I go a year without wearing them.
But hey, money is free. Build all the gold-plated roads you want.
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