This is a rendering of the boulevard as it passes by University Hospital.
The state DOT is out with its latest plan to replace the I-81 viaduct in Syracuse, and it reaffirms their commitment to a community grid. The draft environmental impact statement or DEIS includes some changes from the preliminary draft introduced a little over two years ago. Project director Mark Frechette says one of changes is a large roundabout at Martin Luther King Drive, instead of an exit ramp. He says it’s intended to slow traffic coming from the south.
"They're coming 65 MPH, so it's very important that we're reducing them down. This is a real traffic calming measure, a lot of signage 'Roundabout coming up' to really get people to recognize they're no longer on a high-speed freeway; they're heading to downtown."