The meetings will be held from Feb. 24-27, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. eachday. Monday's meeting will be at the Community House, 18445 Scarsdale,Detroit; Tuesday, Feb. 25: Edison Oakland Public School Academy, 22111Woodward Ave., Ferndale; Wednesday, Feb. 26: MDOT Detroit TransportationService Center, 723 Rosa Parks Blvd.; and Thursday, Feb. 27, LA SED, 7150 W.Vernor, Detroit.
MDOT is studying the benefits and impacts of three proposals for the DIFT.The DIFT project is designed to support the economic competitiveness ofSoutheast Michigan by improving opportunities for continued efficientintermodal freight transportation. Intermodal freight uses trucks and railcars to move products efficiently from manufacturers to their markets.
The study is identifying possible impacts, both good and bad, including jobsgained and lost, noise, air quality, traffic in the neighborhoods andcommunity cohesion. The four areas directly affected by this study areGrandmont, Corktown and Southwest Detroit in Wayne County, and the city ofFerndale in Oakland County.
According to MDOT, Detroit will be the origin or final destination city onthe intermodal route. Major transfer facilities are located in the cities ofChicago and Kansas City.The project is supposed to go into a Detroit area that would remove housesand businesses, but still be connected to some neighborhoods.
Detroit planning commissioners say the plan does not bring back tax dollarsfor Detroit, and diesel trucks would be close to a new school. The citystaff cited a conflict between the proposal and housing preservation.A 500-member resident group has already proposed canceling the project andinstead improving the existing Junction Yard freight terminal.
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