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“If they hadn’t made that quick decision, I don’t think I’d be here,” Ron said from his hospital bed. “I credit all of the people here at this hospital for where I am right now.”

“If they hadn’t made that quick decision, I don’t think I’d be here,” Ron said from his hospital bed. “I credit all of the people here at this hospital for where I am right now.”

Man falling through pedestrian bridge is symptom of disinvestment

After a man fell through a pedestrian bridge over the Lodge Freeway in Detroit earlier this month, many wondered why it took the Michigan Department of Transportation almost a week to respond to the incident.

Detroit Free Press LANSING — Not just roads, but bridges and dams will be targeted for extra funding in the 2022 state budget and a new supplemental spending plan for this year, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday. Whitmer, in her first detailed discussion of the budget plan that will be presented to the Legislature Thursday, told the Free Press her plan will include $300 million from the state general fund to repair or replace up to 129 local bridges that are in serious or critical conditi...

Emergency plan for Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge approved. What to know The Wayne County Commission on Thursday unanimously approved an emergency $9 million contract to repair and reopen the Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge by fall.  Commissioners approved the contract with Wisconsin-based J.F. Brennan Company for foundation rehabilitation work on the bridge that extends over the Trenton Channel in Grosse Ile Township and Trenton. The bridge has been closed since May. Engineering work is expected to ...