Midtown Greenway construction starting in Detroit

Construction starts next week on the Midtown Greenway, which by the fall will be an improved route for pedestrians and bicyclists around Detroit’s Cultural Center area and Wayne State University's campus.

It's the first part of a four-phase project that by 2012 is expected to link the area with Eastern Market and the Detroit riverfront. It will widen walkways, as well as add landscaping, bike racks, benches and small park areas.

"We wanted to create a more walkable district ... and to beautify the neighborhood and to really help spur on more economic development," Susan Mosey, president of the University Cultural Center Association, which is spearheading the project, said Friday.

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