I'm not sure if I'm understanding the residents' concerns here. Reducing the road from 9 to 6 lanes is a positive move. Even then it still seems a bit too wide, imo.
It's a bit confusing because having a sunken freeway in the area is about as destructive as you can get for a neighborhood. The letter doesn't even mention anything specifically problematic with the current proposal.
The most interesting issue I could find was this:
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In fact, the project will result in an uglier, less safe, less economically viable, less inclusive city fabric — one that would even delay medical services in an area with a large senior population, including in life-threatening emergencies. MDOT has yet to meaningfully address these concerns.
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Certainly traffic patterns will change but isn't that kind of the point? Having too much car traffic in a dense urban area is kind of what makes these areas less pedestrian friendly and connected.
I kinda want to chalk this up to NIMBYs who don't want to see change because they're just used to the freeway being there and/or businesses that don't want to deal with construction interruptions and also probably prefer the easier(by like a quarter of a mile) freeway access.
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