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Council moves $134,883 sidewalk settlement forward after staff acknowledge backlog and promise temporary fixes

Internal Operations Standing Committee, Detroit City Council · February 25, 2026
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Council advanced a recommended $134,883 settlement in a pedestrian injury case after city engineers and DPW officials acknowledged multi-year repair backlogs. Officials said the administration will reinstate temporary asphalt patching to make hazardous sidewalks safe while awaiting permanent repairs and contracts.

The Internal Operations Committee advanced a law-department recommendation on Feb. 25 to settle a sidewalk-injury claim for $134,883, and during discussion DPW officials acknowledged the location had been reported to the city in 2022 but remained unrepaired until the injury occurred.

"We first received notification of this location back in 2022," Ron Brundage, director of TWW, told the…

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