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Detroit council amends truck-traffic enforcement pilot to $550,000 for single-district trial

Expanded Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee (City of Detroit) · April 1, 2026
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Summary

After debate about scope and cost, the expanded budget committee on April 1 approved a $550,000 pilot for a truck-traffic enforcement program targeted to District 6, down from an initial $1 million multi-district request; members asked staff to draft schedule language so the funding would not increase net police headcount outside existing vacancies.

The expanded budget committee voted April 1 to fund a $550,000 one-time pilot to test truck-traffic enforcement in District 6, trimming an original $1 million multi-district proposal after members sought a smaller, testable deployment.

Council member Gabriela Santiago Romero moved to reduce the request to $550,000 and focus on District 6; the amendment passed after discussion about pilot…

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