Originally Posted by
royce
You mentioned about many people complaining about the boulevard being too wide and the number of left turn lanes. I agree that there are too many. I think MDOT is trying to alleviate the Lafayette Park residents' fear about traffic congestion during events, by showing them how easy it will be for event-goers to get in and out of the area. It's overkill. At Lafayette, the left turn lanes basically eliminated any boulevard median. That's ridiculous.
However, looking over the map again, I see that there will not be a left turn lane from Gratiot either east or west of the boulevard to the boulevard. That's a major flaw. Most of any event traffic coming west of the boulevard would be coming from Gratiot west of the boulevard. If you can't turn northbound on to the boulevard from Gratiot, then traffic will have to turn southbound and then use those left lanes to make a Michigan left? I'm going to have to look over the map more closely. Stay tuned.
Edit: there is a link to see the video. It's: michigan.gov/mdot/projects-studies/special-construction/i-375-project