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JUNE 20, 2024 • Vol. 21, No. 13
Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
LEFT: Santa Barbara Street, just south of 10 Mile Road, in the Washington Heights neighborhood, is undergoing a $16.5 million investment funded by Southfield’s local street fund and water and sewer bond money. ABOVE: The Washington Heights watermain and road improvements project began in November 2023 and is anticipated to be completed by November 2024. Pictured is another angle of Santa Barbara Street.
Local road plans see financial obstacles ahead BY KATHRYN PENTIUK
kpentiuk@candgnews.com
SOUTHFIELD — For the past several months, Larry Barnett, who has lived in Southfield since 1975, has had local road repairs on his mind. “Right outside of my door, Evergreen Road, between Winchester and 12 Mile Road
— they didn’t have enough funds when they did it. So they kind of did a cheap fix, and they said that at the time; they weren’t dishonest about it. And now it’s starting to crumble. It’s actually because the underlay of the road isn’t substantial. So the road is just kind of caving in. So there’s no real stopgap measure, and it has to be redone,” Barnett said. See ROADS on page 7A
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