Title: MIS CASE STUDY: I-94 REHABILITATION PROJECT - DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Abstract: The State of Michigan initiated a Major Investment Study (MIS) in October 1994 for the redesign and reconstruction of a 7-mi (11-km) long section of I-94 from the I-96 (Jeffries) Freeway Interchange easterly to its interchange with Conner Avenue. To achieve consensus building, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) established an Interagency Coordination Committee. This committee maintains an active role in project decision making. In response to MIS requirements, the study includes evaluation of potential for special use lanes. A great effort is involved in this project in the area of public involvement and public information. A very ambitious schedule of 30 months was set for the completion of this study. Maintaining this schedule requires aggressive project management and a firm commitment to remain within the limits of the project scope. The most pressing need for maintaining the project schedule is caused by the advanced state of deterioration of the Dequindre Yard Bridge, requiring its replacement. Major issues on this project include: 1) Balancing the need to proceed quickly with the need for a thorough development and analysis of alternatives for the redesign of the entire study section and conformance to MIS requirements; 2) Balancing conflicting goals of selecting the best alternative and minimizing displacements; 3) How great a percentage of the entire MIS effort on a major urban project should be expected to be concerned with public involvement/public information; and 4) Producing recommendations that are specific enough for final design to commence while retaining enough flexibility to meet changing situations that cannot yet be anticipated. The paper examines these issues and other major study elements, the degree to which they are, or are not, being successfully addressed through the MIS process, and areas for possible improvement of the MIS process.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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