You know, I was just thinking about how awesome it'd be if they could ultimately connect this to Highland Park's unused east-west railway, completely forgetting that we'd discussed this some months back, I believe. So, I was going around ModeShift, and he's the map, again, that shows a seperate, but connected, long-term project:
The Detroit Inner Circle Greenway.
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Known as the Detroit Inner Circle Greenway, the route is being put together by the City of Detroit with the assistance of a coalition that includes the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. The cities of Dearborn, Hamtramck and Highland Park are also helping handle parts of the greenway that pass through their jurisdictions.
The 26-mile route would fall roughly between Wyoming and Mt. Elliot to the west and east, and McNichols and the Detroit River to the north and south. It would join together the Dequindre Cut, Detroit RiverWalk and Southwest Detroit greenways with a number of others now on the verge of being built.
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They are saying that half of the loop will be completed by the end of next year with the big challenge remaining purchasing an 8.3 mile section of Conrail railway (Detroit Terminal Railroad) you can see running through the northwestern part of the inner-city into Highland Park:
MichiganRailroads