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Residents, council raise alarm over extensive Ecorse Creek clearing; ask Wayne County for answers
Summary
Residents and council members described large‑scale tree removal along Ecorse Creek that they say left riverbanks bare, asked whether an environmental impact study was completed and urged constituents to press Wayne County and Commissioner Dave Kneeszek for details.
Residents and council members at the Nov. 13 Dearborn Heights City Council meeting said they were disturbed by extensive clearing along Ecorse Creek and asked the council to press Wayne County for more information.
A councilmember representing the South End described “thousands and thousands of trees” cut and said the area now looked like “a war zone,” adding that local firefighters and emergency staff were unable to prevent the death of a longtime resident earlier that day. Residents at the meeting urged the council to determine whether an environmental impact study had been completed before the work began.
Mayor (speaker 6) told the…
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