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Detroit — City Council on Tuesday approved 11 contracts to raze hundreds of blighted homes with funds from Detroit's neighborhood revitalization bond a week after it first rejected them.  The reconsideration came after members deadlocked 4-4 last week, turning down half of the agreements in a package of 23 overall valued at $30 million. The contracts cover the removal of the first wave of 1,380 blighted houses under the program.  Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda-Lopez voted in favor of the contracts after being absent last week. Meanwhile, Councilman Roy McCalister flipped his vote to...

"Creating SAFE environments in schools homes, offices and buildings," the company's website says. A suburban company that was once the largest asbestos abatement contractor working on Detroit demolitions is accused of issuing bribes and endangering city residents in newly announced charges from the state. The Michigan Attorney General's Office alleges Kevin Woods, owner of BBEK Environmental in Warren, swindled the state out of $26,000 in project costs, flouted asbestos air monitoring rules and bribed a contractor to get work. Felony charges include four counts of false pretenses over $100,...

“I have had repeated assurances that this is being fixed, this is sorted, this will change and ‘we are looking into this’,” Simpson said. “The council has proven over 15 years that it does not have the knowledge, skills, understanding, or ability to properly manage this facility.” He then read out an email from a helicopter company which wished to set up a hangar at the airfield but allegedly never heard back from the council after reaching out. Stuff Bruce Simpson has been banned from talking about the Tokoroa Airfield during the mayor’s public forum. (file photo). “This ...

A white cross incorrectly positioned at the Tokoroa Airfield to notify pilots of its closure. The South Waikato District Council has admitted fault following years of Civil Aviation Authority rule breaches. It comes after reports of aircraft repeatedly landing amongst drag racing and driver training days at the Tokoroa Airfield due to the incorrect placement of white crosses which alert pilots to runway closures. Although pilots are responsible for checking if airfields are open via Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) alerts, it’s the council’s responsibility as the airfield operator to ensure ev...