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Council chair says city providing hotels, vans after Southwest Detroit water-main break flooded more than 150 homes
Summary
The Detroit City Council’s Public Health & Safety committee heard emergency notices from Chair Gabriela Santiago Romero on a water-main break that flooded a Southwest Detroit neighborhood overnight, affecting “over 150 homes” and sending water into basements and, in some cases, up to the first floor.
The Detroit City Council’s Public Health & Safety committee heard emergency notices from Chair Gabriela Santiago Romero on a water-main break that flooded a Southwest Detroit neighborhood overnight, affecting “over 150 homes” and sending water into basements and, in some cases, up to the first floor.
“The city has turned off the water valve. The water should be rescinding,” Chair Gabriela Santiago Romero said during opening remarks. She said the city has vans and staff in the neighborhood transporting families and children to Patton Park and that the city is providing hotel rooms for families who have lost heat or power. She gave a resource number for…
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