Detroit May Use Eminent Domain To Build Bridge To Canada

Plans involve razing parts of Delray, one of the poorest white slums in the country.

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March 10, 2006, 8:00 AM PST

"Michigan is forming plans to use eminent domain to seize as many as 300 houses to build a bridge to Canada through a neighborhood once labeled one of America's worst white slums.

Even though a controversial $25 million study of a bridge is nearly two years from completion, state transportation agents for weeks have discussed buying or condemning houses with residents of Delray, a onetime Eastern European enclave that's become one of Detroit's poorest, most polluted and forgotten corners."

FULL STORY: Detroit houses may be razed for a new bridge

Sunday, March 5, 2006 in Detroit News via Chicago Tribune

Community / Economic Development Government / Politics Michigan

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