$90 Million Highway Plan Cancelled

Michican Dept. of Transportation abandoned a generation-old highway plan. The move could let local citizens and governments take the lead in transportation planning.

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October 1, 2002, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"With both stunning finality and a promise to finance a much less costly and damaging citizen-initiated transportation plan, the Michigan Department of Transportation this week formally canceled its nearly generation-old effort to build a $90 million bypass in Petoskey. But in ending its campaign to build the four-lane highway, the state Transportation Department also issued a unique challenge: It promised to pay for, but not lead, a locally-managed transportation plan. In effect, the state Department of Transportation is turning the transportation planning process over to local citizens and governments, and relegating itself to a technical assistance and financing role."

Thanks to Nandita Godbole

FULL STORY: $90 Million Highway Ditched in Petoskey

Thursday, September 26, 2002 in Michigan Land Use Institute

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