Back in the news – one more time – was the belabored Michigan Turnpike Authority, whose plans for toll expressways were on hold (and seemingly defeated) since 1955.  Giving their viewpoint one more attempt, they attempted to undermine any progress on the Seaway Freeway project by putting forth one more proposal in 1961: to pay for expressway construction through the sale of bonds. This idea would fade quickly, as any potential financiers of construction projects would only build on the assumption there would be no competition from any other entity, be it business or government-based.

As the Seaway Freeway route was being finalized south of Downriver, it was suggested that the portion of proposed freeway from Detroit to Toledo be electrified, courtesy of General Motors. Initial electric testing had been conducted at Ohio State University, but the results were apparently never made public, and the entire route of proposed freeway would be built out of traditional means.