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Editorial: Local communities deserve benefits from bridge project

Posted by Sarah Lang on Friday, September 30, 2011, In : NEWS ARTICLES 

http://www.freep.com/article/20110615/OPINION01/106150388/Editorial-Local-communities-deserve-benefits-from-bridge-project

So-called community benefits agreements have become commonplace in large public works projects, especially in urban neighborhoods. It's easy to see why. Too often, the benefits of construction projects have been promised to low-income communities that never see them. They get the pollution and traffic; people outside the neighborhood get the jobs and reap the...


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Synder, Calley talk bridge with Detroit Council

Posted by Sarah Lang on Monday, July 11, 2011, In : NEWS ARTICLES 

SNYDER, CALLEY TALK BRIDGE WITH DETROIT COUNCIL

Gongwer News Service

Governor Rick Snyder promised Thursday to the Detroit City Council that the area of Detroit where a new bridge to Windsor, Ontario, would be built would receive at least comparable treatment in community benefits as Port Huron did when the Blue Water Bridge plaza was redone.

Governor Rick Snyder made his strongest statement yet Thursday about providing community benefits to Detroit as part of the new bridge.

Mr. Snyder spoke by ...


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Lt. Governor Brian Calley states case for the NITC bridge at Detroit City Council

Posted by Sarah Lang on Monday, July 11, 2011, In : NEWS ARTICLES 
mlive.com

Lt. Governor Brian Calley states case for the NITC bridge at Detroit City Council

Published: Friday, July 08, 2011, 7:19 AM     Updated: Friday, July 08, 2011, 8:12 AM
Jeff T. Wattrick | MLive.com By Jeff T. Wattrick | MLive.com 
calley-todd.jpgJeff T. Wattrick | MLive.comLt. Gov. Brian Calley at Detroit City Council
Lt. Governor Brian Calley called the Detroit-Windsor border crossing the “worst bottleneck in the entire Pan American freeway system” Thursday afternoon during a presentation to the Detroit City Council about the planned ...

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