Woodward to be clear of M-1 streetcar construction before Thanksgiving

It's been going on so long I won't know where I am with it gone. Finally!

View of the Ferry Street Station during late construction, looking north toward New Center and Fisher Building, summer 2016.
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Woodward Avenue in Detroit should be free of orange barrels and open to traffic in the days before Thanksgiving as construction of M-1 Rail's QLine streetcar project enters its final months, project organizers said Thursday.

Behind the scenes, the project is seeking to raise millions of dollars for a reserve fund intended to cover operations for the 6.6-mile loop's first 10 years of passenger service, which is expected to begin in early 2017 — possibly as soon as April, if the system passes more than 1,000 state and federal tests.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...e-thanksgiving

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FYI - There's good material on the funding sausage-making to insure ten years of no problems in the same article.