Every now and then Detroit gets some bona fide good news.
Thanks to a little help from the Feds, it soon will be possible to take the Dequindre Cut from the Riverwalk to Eastern Market.
Local leaders were awarded $10 million in federal grants to flesh out a larger network of bike trails and greenways in the city. The overall project is expected to cost $24 million.
Crain’s Detroit Business: The plan includes three greenway projects, the renovation of bridges over the Dequindre Cut and streetscape work in Eastern Market, he said.
It calls for extending the Dequindre Cut trail from Gratiot to Mack Avenue and two extenders: one would link the Dequindre Cut with the Midtown Loop, and the other would use bike pathways on surface streets to connect the cut to the Hamtramck trail, Carmody said.
The first 1.2 mile stretch of the rails-to-trails bike and pedestrian path opened in 2009 on the site of an old Grand Truck rail line. -- JTW
