#AnnArbor why isn't UMich helping fix E. Stadium bridge?

Mary Sue Coleman: you can fund tens of millions of dollars of construction in adjacent lots, but you can’t contribute one dime for fixing a collapsing bridge next door? Write: Presoff@umich.edu

Clegg, in particular, faulted the city’s application for the absence of any financial commitment from the University of Michigan.

“You’ve got a large partner next to the road that’s generating traffic impact,” he told Ann Arbor city engineers who were in Lansing to address the board, which is made up of representatives from county and local governments. “I don’t understand why the university hasn’t stepped up or used its influence to get federal dollars, and it’s disheartening.”

via The Ann Arbor Chronicle » State Board: No Funding for Stadium Bridges.

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