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Public commenters press Detroit officials on Belle Isle lighting and solar project spending

3536058 · May 21, 2025
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Multiple public commenters urged the council committee to investigate alleged failures in a Belle Isle solar lighting project and requested improved restroom lighting and hot water on Belle Isle.

Several members of the public addressing the Detroit City Council committee of the whole on May 20 urged an investigation into lighting failures on Belle Isle and questioned how earlier investments in solar lighting were spent.

A caller identifying herself as “Not That Karen” said the Public Lighting Authority previously claimed to have spent “millions of dollars on a solar project on Belle Isle” but that the island currently has “less than 300 lights” and “the majority of…

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