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Council advances bus-shelter and bench program and authorizes $16M BUILD grant application for Verner corridor

Detroit City Council Public Health and Safety Standing Committee · March 9, 2026
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Summary

DDOT and BPW described a multi-part transit and streets package: a shelter contract with a 110-site shortlist needing Title VI/SHPO sign-offs, up to 200 bench installations (about 25 already placed), and a $16 million BUILD grant application for the West Verner streetscape that would move bike lanes into alleys and widen sidewalks.

City transportation directors described several related projects and the committee moved those items forward.

DDOT Director Robert Kramer said the shelter contract includes a short list of roughly 110 potential shelter locations but cannot proceed to ordering until the department completes required Title VI and SHPO reviews and secures other…

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