In partnership with the Michigan Department of Transporta5on and the City of Detroit, the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) is seeking proposals to provide Transporta5on Engineering, Public Space Design, and Community Engagement services for a Feasibility Study to support the I-75 Cap Project in Downtown Detroit. Funding for the project is being provided through a United States Department of Transporta5on Fiscal Year 2023 Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) Program planning grant. Project Descrip7on: In 2024, the Downtown Detroit Partnership together with the Michigan Department of Transporta5on (MDOT) and the City of Detroit undertook a community-led Vision and Alterna5ves Analysis to select a preferred alterna5ve to cap a sec5on of I-75 between Brush Street and 3rd Avenue in Downtown Detroit. AVer a robust and meaningful engagement process, the community selected as its preferred alterna5ve a series of three park caps to best achieve the project vision and goals of reconnec5ng the communi5es separated by the freeway and addressing past harms associated with freeway construc5on. As part of the preferred alterna5ve, addi5onal pedestrian and bike improvements were recommended along the north-south right-of-ways and along the service drives to further enhance connec5vity within the project area. Building on the I-75 Cap Vision and Alterna5ves Analysis project, the next phase of the I-75 Cap Project will be a Feasibility Study to further advance the design and engineering of the three park caps and the right-of-ways up to 30% comple5on. The I-75 Cap Feasibility Study will be undertaken over a 12-month period between the second quarter of 2025 and second quarter of 2026. It is being funded by a $2 million FY2023 U.S. Department of Transporta5on Neighborhood Access and Equity (NEA) program grant under the Reconnec5ng Communi5es and Neighborhoods program. The work of the Feasibility Study will be broken down into three categories: Community Engagement, Transporta5on Design and Engineering, and Public Space Design. Community Engagement will con5nue to play a key role in the project to ensure that the design remains reflec5ve of the community vision and achieves the project goals to address past harms of the original freeway construc5on. Transporta5on Design and Engineering will include transporta5on network design, Environmental Class of Ac5on determina5on and documenta5on, hazardous materials rou5ng, ven5la5on and life safety study and structural design up to 30% comple5on. Public Space Design will develop a Park Design and Placemaking Plan for each of the three park caps and right-of-ways within the project area up to 30% comple5on.
