Capitol Loop

The Capitol Loop is a state trunkline highway runningthrough Lansing, Michigan, in the United States that wascommissioned on October 13, 1989. It forms a looproute o Interstate 496 (I-496) through downtown nearthe Michigan State Capitol complex, home of the statelegislature and several state departments. The MichiganDepartment of Transportation (MDOT) has labeled itas Capitol Loop I-496 or CL I-496 on some maps,similar to the Business Loop Interstate nomenclature.[4]However, unlike other business loops in Michigan, it hasunique reassurance markersthe signs that serve as reg-ular reminders of the name and number of the highway.It is known internally at MDOT asConnector 496 for in-ventory purposes.[5] The route follows a series of one-wayand two-way streets through downtown Lansing, direct-ing trac downtown to the State Capitol and other gov-ernment buildings. Unlike the other streets downtown,the seven streets comprising the Capitol Loop are understate maintenance and jurisdiction.The loop was originally proposed in 1986 as part of adowntown revitalization eort. Almost from the begin-ning before the highway was commissioned in 1989, itwas aected by controversial proposals. Several sug-gestions by community leaders to rename city streets inhonor of Martin Luther King, Jr. were rejected. Inthe end, Logan Street was given a second name, MartinLuther King, Jr. Boulevard, and the original name waseventually dropped.Meetings beginning in 1999 dealt with rebuilding thestreets as part of a downtown beautication project.The project was delayed to accommodate replacing thesewer system under the roadway at the same time asthe streetscaping. The downtown business communityprotested the original scope of construction, and theLansing City Council threatened to cancel the project inresponse to the controversy. Instead of losing the in-vestment in the downtown area, the scope of the projectwas reduced in scale, and the project was completed in2005, three months ahead of schedule. In 2010, addi-tional controversies surfaced regarding the posting andenforcement of speed limits on city streets in Michigan,including the streets that make up the Capitol Loop. Thenewest controversy over speed limits is related to com-pliance with a 2006 state law aimed at eliminating speedtraps.

1 Route descriptionThe Capitol Loop serves as a connection between theother state highways in Lansing and the Michigan StateCapitol complex. The trunkline starts at the northern endofM-99 at exit 5 on I-496. It runs north onMartin LutherKing, Jr. Boulevard, where the street is divided intonorth- and south-bound sections, each three lanes wide,separated by the Union Missionary Baptist Church o St.Joseph Street. A block north of the church, the sectionsof the street are divided by a central median north ofLenawee Street.[6][7]

The Hall of Justice is home to the Michigan Supreme Court at thewest end of the Capitol Loop.

At Allegan Street, the Capitol Loop becomes a one-waypair. Eastbound trac continues on Allegan Street, pass-ing to the south of the Hall of Justice,[6][7] home to theMichigan Supreme Court.[8] Westbound trac is carriedonOttawa Street, one block to the north of Allegan Street.The Hall faces Butler Boulevard, which provides accessfrom Allegan and Ottawa streets. Past Butler Boulevard,trac passes the north side of the Library of Michiganand Historical Center complex. Between Pine Street andCapitol Avenue, Allegan Street continues south of theMichigan State Capitol. Allegan Street ends at a one-waystreet, Grand Avenue, and eastbound Capitol Loop turnsnorth on this three-lane street.[6][7]

The two directions of trac on the Capitol Loop are re-united at the two-way Michigan Avenue. Eastbound traf-c turns east along Michigan Avenue; westbound tracturns north o Michigan onto Grand Avenue. MichiganAvenue runs with two lanes in each direction and a centerturn lane, crossing the Grand River.[6][7] East of the river,it approaches a complex of museums on Museum Drive,including the Michigan Museum of Surveying, R.E. OldsTransportation Museum (named for Oldsmobile founder,R.E. Olds) and the Impression Five Science Museumsouth of Riverwalk Park.[9]

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A reassurance marker at the corner of Michigan Avenue andCedar Street

The Capitol Loop meets the one-way pairing of Cedarand Larch streets on Michigan Avenue near Cooley LawSchool Stadium, home of the Lansing Lugnuts minorleague baseball team.[9] Cedar and Larch carry BusinessLoop Interstate 96 (BL I-96). The two highway des-ignations merge and run concurrently along the pair ofstreets. Eastbound Capitol Loop and eastbound BL I-96follow Cedar Street southerly; westbound Capitol Loopand westbound BL I-96 are routed northerly on LarchStreet. Cedar Street runs southeasterly along the GrandRiver angling toward Larch Street. The two streets mergewhere they meet I-496. This interchange at exit 7 along I-496 marks the eastern end of the Capitol Loop, but BL I-96 continues south of I-496 on Cedar Street.[6][7] No partof the Capitol Loop is included on the National HighwaySystem,[10] a system of roads important to the countryseconomy, defense, and mobility.[11]

1.1 Trac countsIn 2009, MDOT conducted one of its annual surveysto measure the trac levels on Michigan trunklines.These surveys calculate the average annual daily trac(AADT), which is a computation of the average traclevels for a segment of roadway on any given day of theyear. Along the Capitol Loop, the highest trac countswere measured on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Adaily average of 25,513 vehicles used that section of theroute. This gure included an AADT of 619 commer-cial vehicles. Trac volume drops along Allegan and Ot-

tawa streets, where 2,687 and 1,499 vehicles used thosestreets, respectively. The second highest trac countswere on the section concurrent with BL I-96 on Cedarand Larch streets. There, 17,682 vehicles and 547 trucksused the streets.[12]

2 History

2.1 Proposal and creation

The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing near the Capitol Loop

MDOT proposed the Capitol Loop in 1986. The high-way designation was part of a partnership between theState of Michigan and the City of Lansing to revitalizethe downtown area. The designation of this highway pro-vided drivers with a signed route to various attractionsin the downtown Lansing area.[2] MDOT started imple-menting plans for the Capitol Loop in May 1986 with im-provements to Michigan Avenue. This project includedan initial $80,000 investment (equivalent to $216,000in 2012[13]) to streetscaping between the State Capitoland the Grand River.[14] The City of Lansing transferredjurisdiction over the streets involved to MDOT on Oc-tober 13, 1989, allowing the state to commission thetrunkline.[3]

The route serves the Capitol Park, which was createdby an act of the Michigan Legislature in 1984 with theboundaries of Ottawa, Allegan and Logan streets. Thefourth side is the vacated section of Sycamore Street be-tween Ottawa and Allegan.[15] The current Library ofMichigan building was opened in 1989.[16] The StateCapitol, previously listed on the National Register of His-toric Places on January 25, 1971,[17] was renovated aspart of this revitalization eort. The extensive, three-year renovation of the Capitol was completed in 1992,[18]the same year in which it was designated as a NationalHistoric Landmark.[19] The Hall of Justice was opened inOctober 2002, giving the Michigan Supreme Court a per-manent home for the rst time since the court had vacatedthe Capitol in 1970.[8]

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2.2 Street name changesVarious proposals to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. inLansing were oated around 1986. The Pastors Con-ference of Lansing put forward renaming Logan Streetin honor of the civil rights leader, but residents were notsupportive of this idea at the time. Another proposal inOctober 1988 would have renamed Allegan Street be-cause it was shorter and would aect fewer residents.Allegan Street also passes through the citys black com-munity. Residents objected because the citys eastweststreets were all named for the counties in the state whenthe city was platted in 1847. The last failed proposalwould have renamed the entire Capitol Loop in Kingshonor. This idea failed because the routes unique mark-ers had already been designed, made and were about tobe installed.[20]

The conference proposed renaming Logan Street againin 1989. This time residents objected over the $32,000(equivalent to $72,000 in 2012[13]) to replace the signs.Logan Street was already named for Gen. John A. Lo-gan, who served as a colonel with a Michigan regimentand later as a general in the American Civil War.[20][21] Acompromise by the mayor was adopted by the city coun-cil on April 24, 1989, to allow both names to be used onthe street. This dual-naming arrangement was dropped bythe city council onMarch 28, 1994, removing the LoganStreet name from the street after two years of debate.[20]

2.3 Reconstruction controversyOcials from the City of Lansing andMDOT announceda two-year, $22 million project (in 2003, equivalent to$28.7 million in 2012[13]) to reconstruct the Capitol LooponMay 22, 2003.[2] The project would have closed down-town streets in 2004 and 2005 after preparatory workin late 2003. MDOT was seeking to rebuild the streetsto improve the downtown area around the State Capitol,adding decorative sidewalks, lighting and planting newtrees. The city planned to upgrade the sewer system atthe same time as part of a 30-year project to separate thestorm and sanitary sewers. MDOT stated that the projectwould completely close streets along the loop, with theexception of one lane of trac in each direction alongMichigan Avenue. The project was called the most am-bitious since the Interstate 496 construction project in2001 by the Lansing State Journal.[2]

In the weeks leading up to the November 3, 2003, Lans-ing City Council meeting, businesses that would be af-fected by the project raised objections to the scope of theproject. One business owner circulated a petition signedby 23 businesses asking the city to delay part of the overallproject. The project was nicknamed in the press Lans-ings 'Big Dig'" because the sewer and utility work re-quired 30-foot (9.14 m) excavations in the streets down-town. Some initial opposition was based on a false as-sumption that the project would close the entire length of

Looking west from the top of the Boji Tower showing AlleganStreet and the state government oce buildings complex betweenhalves of the Capitol Loop

the streets at once, instead of in stages. MDOTs originalbeautication project was delayed ve years, and the citysmandated sewer separation project was fast-tracked. Thiscombined project, planned for 200405, was planned toprevent digging up the same streets twice within 1015years.[22] Most of the business owners expressed concernsthat at the end of the project their businesses might notsurvive to enjoy the benets of the downtown beautica-tion. The mayor attempted to get the city council to post-pone a vote to stop the issuance of bonds for the citysportion of the overall project. City council members crit-icized MDOTs "[inexibility] about changing the plansto accommodate businesses.[23] MDOT replied that thecontract bids were already out and that it was too late tochange the scope of the project.[23]

The city council tabled the project, postponing a naldecision on approving it until the businesses concernscould be addressed. City ocials stated a need to re-design the project to accommodate the business commu-nity downtown. The project was originally planned in1999 with votes and hearings by the city council start-ing in 2001.[24] The city did not kill the project outrightwhich would have risked the city losing the investment inthe downtown infrastructure. Instead, the nal decisionwas delayed for two weeks. Had the project been killedoutright, MDOT could have reallocated the funding toany project elsewhere in the state.[25] After the decisionto delay the project, Mayor Tony Benavides appointed atask force to work with the businesses to address theirconcerns.[26] Even the local papers pushed all parties con-cerned to solve the issues and salvage the project.[27] Thecity announced a revised plan on November 19, 2003, tomove parts of the sewer project to a separate timeline sothat they would take 16 years to complete. The original200405 project was scaled down to encompass the sewerand water main work with the beautication project onOttawa, Allegan, Pine and Walnut streets with additionalwork possible on Capitol Avenue. The revised plan drewpraise from members of the business community.[28] The

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revised project, now budgeted at $12 million (in 2003,equivalent to $15.6 million in 2012[13]) involved workon 14 fewer blocks of the downtown area. The projectwas approved on December 13, 2004.[29] The bids on thecontract work were opened on January 21, 2004, withthe bid awarded to E.T. MacKenzie Company of GrandLedge.[30]

2.4 Reconstruction project

Looking east from the top of the Boji Tower showing constructionon the corner of Michigan and Grand avenues

Work on the scaled-down Capitol Loop reconstruc-tion project started on April 5, 2004. Area busi-nesses prepared in advance of the project for disruptions.The Michigan Supreme Court distributed color-codedbrochures to alert employees of changes as a result of theproject. The Central Methodist Church at the corner ofCapitol Avenue and Ottawa Street lost access to its park-ing lot, but the city reserved on-street parking for parish-ioners. The initial stage of the project closed Ottawa Av-enue in stages and converted adjacent one-way streets totwo-way trac to accommodate state employees work-ing next to the construction zone. Several sidewalks wereclosed on one side of aected streets, while the oppositesidewalks remained open.[31] The revised project earnedpraise in newspaper editorials after construction started.This praise was tempered with caution to motorists andthe ocials in charge of the project. The former were ad-vised to remember that the scaled-down project was re-designed to accommodate them; the latter were remindedto get the job done as soon as practical.[32]

Business reported that the project did not aect them asmuch as they had feared before the project. Minor in-conveniences were reported, with some commuters re-counting only minor delays in trips downtown. The noisewas cited as the worst side eect of the project by sev-eral residents in media reports.[33] The work on AlleganStreet that was originally planned for 2005 was sched-uled by MDOT for the 2004 construction season. Theproject wrapped up for the year in November.[34] Con-struction resumed on the remaining sections of the project

on March 14, 2005. This phase included the remain-ing work on Allegan and Walnut streets. By May, theaected streets were reduced to gravel and completedstreets had been reopened.[35] Additional work scheduledfor 2005 included streetscaping improvements to Cedarand Larch streets.[36]

The project wrapped up three months ahead of the orig-inal October completion date. The project cost MDOT$15.4 million (in 2005, equivalent to $18 million in2012[13]) with an additional $5.6 million paid by the Cityof Lansing for the sewer work (in 2003, equivalent to$6.56 million in 2012[13]). Lansings share of the costsincluded the reconstruction costs for Walnut and Pinestreets, since those streets are not part of the state trunk-line system.[36] The completion of the project wasmarkedwith a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the streets to traf-c on June 30, 2005.[37]

2.5 Speed limit controversyA 2006Michigan law was enacted to reform how cities inthe state set speed limits. Under this law, the streets thatcomprise the Capitol Loop were mismarked according tothe Michigan State Police (MSP). The law was designedto eliminate speed traps in the state by basing the deter-mination of speed limits on scientic criteria. Unless aroadway is in a downtown business district or subdivi-sion, the limit is based on the number of access points,either cross streets or driveways, along the roadway. Ex-ceptions to these classications can be made based on atechnical study by trac engineers. Lansing city ocialsstated in March 2009 that by adopting the Uniform Vehi-cle Code instead of the states Motor Vehicle Code, Lans-ing is immune from the change in law and can enforce the25-mile-per-hour (40 km/h) limits.[38]

The Lansing city attorney was dismissing speeding tick-ets issued on the Capitol Loop in June 2010. The loopwas not signed with speed-limit signs, making the tick-ets unenforceable. The city cannot install the signs on itsown because of the state trunkline status of the streetsthat make up the Capitol Loop; the MSP and MDOTare in charge of setting and signing the speed limits onstate trunklines in Michigan. City Attorney Brig Smithstated that until the state agencies complete the speedstudy and erect the signs, he cannot enforce any tickets forspeeding on the Capitol Loop. MSP and MDOT ocialsstated that the study is complete and the new signs are onorder.[39] The limits were raised from 25 to 30mph (40 to48 km/h) on the eastern half of the loop and 35 mph (56km/h) on the western half as a result of the MDOT andMSP speed studies.[40] State Representative Rick Jonesfrom Grand Ledge has been pushing for scientically setspeed limits in the state to limit speed traps, and he hasproposed new legislation to force cities to comply with the2006 law, ending any loopholes used by cities to set lowerlimits.[41] As Jones explained to reporters, the current sit-uation is one where "... streets are articially posted too

5low for the purpose of writing tickets.[40]

3 Major intersectionsThe entire highway is in Lansing, Ingham County.EastboundWestbound

4 See also Special routes of Michigan trunklines for othersigned connector routes in the state

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[3] Michigan Department of Transportation (August 29,2007). Ingham County (PDF). Right-of-Way File Ap-plication (Map). Scale not given. Cartography by MDOT.Sheet 180. OCLC 12843916. Archived from the originalon January 8, 2011. http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/ROWFiles/files/Ingham/sheet180.pdf. RetrievedOctober 15, 2008.

[4] Michigan Department of Transportation (2008). TruckOperators Map (Map). 1 in=4.25 mi /1 cm=2 km. Car-tography by MDOT. Lansing inset. OCLC 261183721.

[5] Sta (May 1, 2008). Appendix C: State TrunklineConnector Routes (PDF). Michigan Geographic Frame-work. Michigan Department of Information Technology.Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. RetrievedOctober 15, 2008.

[6] Google Inc. Lansing, MI. Google Maps(Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Michigan+state+capitol,+Lansing&sll=42.37561,$-$83.295097&sspn=0.040327,0.058022&ie=UTF8&lci=lmc:panoramio,lmc:wikipedia_en&ll=42.731662,$-$84.555931&spn=0.020049,0.029011&z=15&g=Michigan+state+capitol,+Lansing&iwloc=addr. Re-trieved October 14, 2008.

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[10] Michigan Department of Transportation (2005) (PDF).National Highway System: Lansing Urbanized Area(Map). Scale not given. Cartography by MDOT.http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Lansing_150617_7.pdf. Retrieved January 1, 2011.

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[25] Murphy, Shannon (November 4, 2003). City to SeekOptions for Capitol-Area Road Work. Lansing StateJournal. pp. 12B. ISSN 0274-9742.

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[37] Early Capitol Loop Exit Applauded. Lansing State Jour-nal (Editorial). July 2, 2005. p. 4A. ISSN 0274-9742.

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