Quote Originally Posted by Bham1982 View Post
Definitely. Note that the representative opposed to the expansion is from Royal Oak, a city that owes its prosperity to a competing east-west freeway [[and a much wider one than the expanded I-94, which apparently isn't an "epic waste of money" according to the good Rep. Townsend...)

Maybe Rep. Townsend can prove he isn't a hypocrite, and will agree to permanently shut down lanes on I-696 through Royal Oak? Didn't think so.
LOL what? If anything Townsend is following in the steps of Marie Donigan who was the previous Royal Oak/Mad Heights state rep who was a big supporter of public transit.

The Walter Reuther was built to support the growing suburban landscape. I don't think it necessarily "competes" with the Edsel Ford at all. They both have their commuters and trucks.

696 is a suburban freeway. The suburbs were built around the freeway. 94 was built around an urban landscape and that landscape should be first and foremost, not some widening that will further destroy said landscape.