Corktown Receives A $50 Million Facelift

The Michigan Department of Transportation and the city of Detroit are co-funding a $50 million renovation of the Corktown neighborhood.  The makeover will include dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles, raised bike lanes and the removal and repurposing of its red brick pavers. The goal is to tie into Ford Motor Company’s renovation of Michigan Central Station and the vision of creating a connected corridor from Detroit to Ann Arbor. Corktown’s old brick will be removed, restored and reincorporated into other aspects of the roadway’s design. It will be replaced with new red concrete pavers. MDOT will fund $42.7 million, and the city will fund $7.32 million.