"Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council and The Moroun family push for
peace on the Riverfront".
The vote to accept the land deal with the Morouns is a
positive benefit to the Citizens of Detroit and Windsor Canada. This investment trade off will give the City
of Detroit an additional Boat Launch new playing field and a larger area to
host neighborhood jazz concerts and other events. The fishing is awesome at this location and
to that effect investment in park infrastructure will increase opportunities
for fishermen and fisherwomen. This vote
puts the Department of Natural Resources and the US National Park Service on
notice that Detroit is ready to get to work right now instead of later.
These two governmental agencies have known about the
situation at the park for years. Both of
them should not have any problem finding old paperwork to create an approval
letter. DNR’s objection to the vote is
the kind of butt dragging bureaucracy that City of Detroit is eliminating from its
vocabulary through; sound decision making and leadership by Mayor and City
Council. The resulting development of the Park will create a new play field for
Baseball and Soccer. On certain days, the river is full of people trying to
catch fish and this will give the Michigan Department of Natural Resources opportunity
to sell more fishing licenses
Some of our American Citizens are forced to go across the Ambassador
Bridge because they made a turn thinking that they were getting on the
freeway. No American leaving the park
should be subjected to a full body strip search by the Canadian Border Security
Agency and US Customs Agency for having “contraband” that is otherwise
recognized as legal to have. To fix this situation we are strongly urging the
Morouns to direct MDOT to place eye level signs at this Entrance with the Canadian Flag emphasizing
that a driver will be leaving the Country if they turn, instead of the big
green overhead sign that they have now. Some drivers have thought that this overhead sign is a part of the freeway and ignore it. Other driver's GPS units have told them to make a turn here to get on Interstate 75. This is a small fix from the State of Michigan that can easily resolved.
It is now time to get shovels into the ground and start
getting to work on improving one of Detroit’s hidden assets on the Riverfront.
The leadership of Detroit has clearly stated this is what we want for our
citizens. All the Moroun haters out there will be happy once the Gordie Howe
International Bridge is finally up and running. While truck traffic will
decrease, personal car, bike and walking traffic will increase on the
Ambassador Bridge.
Eventually, the old
span has to be replaced by a new one. Before that new span is built, the old one has to stay open until the new
one is completed. We anticipate that The Morouns will hire local labor because
they want to come right to the City of Detroit after all of the conflict. They have to live here like everyone else and
we foresee a peaceful accord will be reached between the dissenters like
Attorney Rashida Tilab and supporters like Malik Shabazz. When this bridge of understanding is reached
between the parties, there will be peace, profits, and prosperity on both sides
of the Bridge for years to come.