Making downtown Mt. Clemens more aesthetically pleasing to pedestrians is a couple of steps closer to becoming reality.
The city has chosen Northville-based Grissim Metz Andriese to head up the $3.8-million Downtown Mount Clemens Streetscape Improvement Project. City and Downtown Development Authority officials are working on the development's details and hope to have final designs completed and applying for state funding by November. Construction is set to begin by next spring.
The city plans to redo its downtown streetscape along Macomb Place from Pine Street to Gratiot Avenue with a walkway continuing down to the Clinton River. Cherry Street from Market Street to the Roskopp Municipal Parking Lot will also be redone. The improvements include repaving the roads, new sidewalks, new street lighting, new landscaping, new sewer lines and new street furnishings.
The streetscape project is expected to encourage commercial and residential investment while making downtown more pedestrian friendly. Roads will be narrowed to calm traffic and sidewalks will be widened to encourage public socialization and pedestrian comfort. The project is also expected to create a dense tree canopy to improve visual quality and provide a comfortable environment.
Source: Arthur Mullen, executive director of the Mt. Clemens Downtown Development Authority
Writer: Jon Zemke
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