Yep, they will oppose it and NIMBY the hell out of these proposals. Then when the eastern edge of Downtown has been built up/restored/etc and is flourishing, they will whine whine whine whine about how MDOT wronged them by leaving their formerly-precious freeway in place, how their property values aren't going up because of the evil State Run Things, etc.
Plus I don't think many outside of LP are against a plan that spends up to 50% less than a full rebuild while also helping make that end of downtown a bit more visually appealing. We can all agree I-375 and the Jefferson/375 exchange is ugly and not at all appealing as an "entrance to downtown".
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