In the first decade of the 21st century, local business and government officials proposed two projects to add modern streetcars to M-1, an approximately line from the transit center at Michigan Avenue north to the state fairgrounds, or a line in the downtown area only. Suggestions to unify the two plans were made in late 2008, and the Detroit City Council approved the sale of $125 million in bonds on April 11, 2011, for the longer system. Through various approvals in 2011, and subsequent changes including a bus rapid transit system with a dedicated Woodward Avenue bus lane. Private investors who supported the shorter three-mile line to New Center continued developing that project.