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Monroe council debates letter of support for county's proposed Waterloo Park pedestrian bridge
Summary
At a May work session, council members weighed whether to provide a nonbinding letter backing a county SEMCOG planning grant to study a pedestrian bridge from Waterloo Park to the city's north shore, citing a May 23 application deadline and concerns about future commitments and interjurisdictional coordination.
Dionus Slover opened public comment with a vision for a pedestrian bridge across the River Raisin and urged the Monroe City Council to back a county planning grant application.
"I have a dream and I have a vision that a steel bridge will be built across the River Raisin," Slover said, asking the council to support the county's SEMCOG planning-grant application.
Manager Andrew Robinson told the council the item (agenda 52-62) was a county request for a letter of support for a SEMCOG planning grant to produce an engineering plan for a bridge connecting Waterloo Park to the city's north shore. Robinson said the county initiated the request on short notice and that letters of support were due May 23.
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