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The city has planned a reduced workforce and more consolidated operations. [20] In addition, Detroit had asked for pay cuts and other "give backs" from the municipal unions that represent city employees. [21] On March 1, 2013, Governor Rick Snyder announced the state was taking over the financial control of the city from the local government. [22]
M-53 begins at M-3 in Detroit, running through the city and connecting it to the Thumb area of the state. Locally known as Van Dyke Avenue. M-85, which is entirely in Wayne County, starts at Griswold Street in Downtown Detroit and connects the city's southwest side to Downriver, ending near Flat Rock at I-75, for whom which M-85 serves as an ...
[20] [21] The Detroit City Council approved the sale of $125 million in bonds on April 11, 2011. [22] The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the City of Detroit signed an environmental impact study on July 1, 2011. [17] Finally, on August 31, 2011, the FTA signed a record of decision allowing the project to move forward. [23]
Detroit City Council adopted the mayor's proposed $2.7 billion budget five minutes before midnight after long discussions Monday regarding recommended uses of the city's one-time funds.
This $393 million, eight-story research center, to be built at 6175 Third St., would be a joint project between Henry Ford and MSU. It would contain just over 325,000 square feet.
After multiple delays and several hours of discussion, Detroit City Council on Tuesday approved the first phase of the solar neighborhoods initiative, which will convert land into solar panel farms.
The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) (pronounced DEE-dot) is the primary public transportation operator serving Detroit, Michigan.In existence since 1922, DDOT is a division of the city government, headed by a director appointed by the mayor.
In 1950, Detroit was the fourth-largest city in the US behind New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. While the drop in Detroit's population has been ongoing since 1950, the most dramatic period was the significant 25% decline between the 2000 and 2010 census.