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Public Lighting Authority seeks $10–13 million to add thousands of neighborhood lights; council schedules interviews for authority appointments
Summary
The Public Lighting Authority told council it can finance a $10–13 million capital program to add between 3,000 and 7,500 neighborhood street lights using bond refinancing and annual savings; council scheduled interviews for PLA appointees and asked LPD to confirm statutory qualifications.
The Public Lighting Authority (PLA) presented a plan to the Internal Operations Standing Committee outlining a financing package and schedule to restore and expand residential street lighting across Detroit.
Bo Taylor, PLA chief executive, said a recent bond refinancing freed roughly $10 million in capital and produced about $1.4 million in annual savings the authority can apply to maintenance. "We could take two years of that residual…
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