  Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 542 Registered: 05-2006 |
I hope they clean-up the riverfront first, so that work can begin on a completed Riverwalk. Bettis/Betters gets 3-year extension for Uniroyal site cleanup If the two projects announced at the end of the article are any indication, midtown continues to boom. | ||
Ericsprague Member Username: Ericsprague Post Number: 41 Registered: 02-2006 |
Funding has been secured for development of the Riverwalk connection from Gabriel Richard park, under the Belle Isle Bridge and past the Uniroyal site to the completed Mt. Elliott park portion. This will not have to wait on the clean-up of the entire Uniroyal site: http://www.watermarkdetroit.co m/press/2.26.08.pdf https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/129635.html?1204561805 http://detroit.about.com/od/ne ighborhoods/a/RiverWalk.htm - 2007 | ||
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet Post Number: 1048 Registered: 01-2007 |
Throw a little lime down, it’ll be fine. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 5512 Registered: 02-2007 |
does the DBRA have a web presence? I have never found one | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5719 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sprinkle some little kitty litter on it, that always works | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 5627 Registered: 10-2003 |
I hear a little baking soda works wonders... | ||
Civilprotectionunit4346 Member Username: Civilprotectionunit4346 Post Number: 657 Registered: 06-2007 |
This is gonna cost a pretty penny to clean up this super-fund site. This will get worked on once they get the funding up to clean up the site. Probably gonna take a while considering the city & states financial situation. Maybe they should ask King Kwame for some cash, Ha! | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 5520 Registered: 02-2007 |
the costs go to DTE, Michellin (who own Uniroyal) and some brit company that makes industrial fryers, i think | ||
Swingline Member Username: Swingline Post Number: 1060 Registered: 11-2003 |
The final deal on the clean-up costs has not yet been struck. Supposedly, they are close, but the two sides have been saying that since Dennis Archer was mayor. The absence of a clean-up deal has been part of the problem with the Betters/Bettis development getting off the ground in the past two years. But even if the site was pristine, the recent housing market problems probably would have precluded much progress. The state will be paying some of the clean-up costs for the site. The city might still have to pony up some money too. The polluters and their successors are paying most, but not all the cost. Negotiation about the clean-up responsibility has dragged on for more than ten years. It is a case study for government lawyers on how not to handle a clean-up case, and it is a brilliant example for defense lawyers on how to create issue after issue to produce delay and save money for their clients. Sad to say, but Betters/Bettis will probably need the entire 3 year extension to even begin construction. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 1800 Registered: 09-2007 |
"the costs go to DTE, Michellin (who own Uniroyal) and some brit company that makes industrial fryers, i think" lol  Yeah, why not make Michelin/Uniroyal clean it up? We sure didn't pollute that land! |
