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Detroit presentations outline Complete Streets program, $62 million in federal safety grants and local engagement plans
Summary
Deputy director Christina Paltier told the council the Complete Streets team is pursuing layered safety investments — two FHWA awards (~$31M each), a $12.5M Gratiot demonstration, and an updated non-motorized plan — with community engagement and consultant procurement next.
Deputy Director Christina Paltier of Detroit’s Department of Public Works presented the city’s Complete Streets program at the Public Health and Safety Standing Committee meeting on March 9, describing grant-funded safety work, planning updates and outreach the city plans over the next two to four years.
Paltier said the Complete Streets effort focuses on designing streets so everyone can walk, bike, roll and take transit safely. “A complete street…is where everyone can walk, roll, be safe,” she told the committee, and added the program emphasizes safety, equity, economic access and public health.
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