Quote Originally Posted by ndavies View Post
You can't use Federal Highway funds for local roads. They can only be used on freeways. So about 80% of the money being used for the I-94 expansion cannot be used for local roads. Either you use it for the freeway or you don't get it. I-94 is in desperate need of rebuilding.
Looks like Detroit and the state are spending $600 Million dollars on this. Money better spent on potholes and integrated transit. Also looks like half of the federal funds can be used in other pots of money. They're not highway restricted. They come from the National Highway Performance Program, which 50% can be switched to other types of transportation. Am I missing something here Ndavies?
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/fastact/factsheets/nhppfs.cfm
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/m...5_602412_7.pdf
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/articl...n-through-2036

Why spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a project whose vehicle estimates were wrong, with them actually decreasing not increasing? Let's spend that money on a plan whose projections might be accurate.