DETROIT â The Detroit City Council didnât make many decisions Tuesday night, but it had a long discussion about the progress the city is making on roadways.
âWe just do what we can to make it work,â Mayor Kenneth Snodgrass said. âWeâve never had the money to do the things weâre doing today.â
Itâs slow but sure progress this summer, he added, as the rains that flood peopleâs front yards and driveways also makes it extremely difficult to repair roads.
The city is using Gist Enterprises to patch a lot of streets and clean out and add culverts, but the work is slow going because of the weather. The work that has been completed has been excellent, Snodgrass said, and it has come at an excellent price. Gist isnât on a major contract, he said, but is being paid piecemeal, per job, and often has either brought or even welded some of his own equipment to cut costs.