Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
Due to budget issues, MDOT will not be redoing the Fort Street Bridge for some time. It was orginally planned to be done this summer, but it was put on an indefinite hold. If you want a new one, I would suggest calling your reps in Lansing and asking for a gas-tax increase. This shortfall will also impact any transit improvements that people want in the State; making them less feasible.
So the bridge over the railroad tracks is being demolished and not replaced? As in, Fort St. between Oakwood and Schaefer is going to be a dead-end for the foreseeable future? If true, that is just about the stupidest fucking thing I have ever heard in my life.