This option rebuilds I-375 as it is now with a few improvements to the on/off ramps and the pedestrian bridges that cross it.
Price tag: $60-$70 million
This option keeps the below-grade freeway but adds bike lanes on the service drives, landscaped freeway slopes, and a new greenway connection to the riverfront for bicyclists and walkers.
Price tag: $70-$80 million
This option narrows the freeway and shifts its path slightly to the west and raises the freeway to a surface street at Larned to eliminate the curve at Jefferson and to connect better to the riverfront. Bicycle lanes and pedestrian improvements added to adjacent areas.
Price tag: $55-$65 million
This option transitions the below-grade freeway to a surface street just south of Gratiot and shifts its path slightly to the east. This option opens up land for new development east of the Renaissance Center and provides a shared path to the riverfront.
Price tag: $40-$50 million
This option transitions the freeway to a surface street just south of Gratiot where it is reconstructed as a boulevard. The northbound service drive is converted to a surface street with bike lanes. Shared path to the riverfront.
Price tag: $45-$55 million
This option replaces I-375 with two one-way surface streets just south of Gratiot along what is now the service drives and re-uses the below-grade space now occupied by the freeway for some as-yet-undetermined new use such as trails or new buildings.
