Inside an event space in Eastern Market, the Michigan Department of Transportation held its seventh community meeting on the project to remove I-375 and put in place a street-level road with traffic lights from Gratiot Avenue to Atwater Street.

Mobility, economic development and remedying displaced historically Black neighborhoods in freeway's original construction remain concerns.

State and city officials kicked off a series of community meetings Tuesday evening to share ideas and get feedback on designing the neighborhood framework for the I-375 reconnecting communities project in Detroit that would convert the 1-mile sunken highway into a street-level boulevard.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is hosting its seventh public meeting tonight for the I-375 Reconnecting Communities project.

MDOT plans include converting the existing freeway into a street-level boulevard with signalized intersections from Gratiot Avenue to Atwater Street.

MDOT is holding a meeting tonight to share details and answer questions about the I-375 Reconnecting Communities project that would eliminate the freeway and turn it into a boulevard.