Whether you think the planned Route 238 Corridor Improvement Project (aka the “mini-loop”) is a great idea or a horrible one, you have to admit the city’s new renderings of the project are more colorful than those loop maps we keep running in the paper.

Here’s what Foothill Boulevard would look like as six lanes, all going north toward B Street past the future Cinema Place complex:

Here’s what the Five Flags intersection would look like, complete with a wandering florist and The Ranch restaurant (you can click on all photos for a closer look):

Here’s what D Street would look like heading west at the Foothill intersection:

And here’s Jackson looking east (top photo) and Foothill looking west near the end of Main Street (below):

So what do you think?

Update: For more information, you can read the entire final environmental impact report in PDF form. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the report and thereby adopt the project on Nov. 27. We’ve also published a little map and stories on this.