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Residents press council on Kronos concrete site pollution and equity; council asks for two-week response
Summary
Public commenters told the council the city must ensure a community-focused development plan around the Kronos concrete facility addresses air pollution and equitable benefits. The council asked Planning and Development to return in two weeks with a response to a memorandum submitted by Council member Mary Waters.
Multiple residents used the public-comment period to raise air-quality and equity concerns tied to concrete processing in Detroit and to press the council to require meaningful neighborhood benefits from nearby industrial activity.
A caller asked, “You mean the people who live in the area are going to benefit for them to continue to poison the air of everyone? This is racism at its best,” and urged that benefits be citywide rather than…
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