(DOWNLOAD) "State Highway Commissioner v. Detroit City" by Supreme Court of Michigan * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Highway Commissioner v. Detroit City
- Author : Supreme Court of Michigan
- Release Date : January 01, 1951
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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Mandamus by State Highway Commissioner and others to compel the City Controller of the City of Detroit to execute a contract. Submitted July 6, 1951. (Calendar No. 45,168.) Writ granted October 1, 1951. BUTZEL, J. In 1945, the State highway commissioner, herein referred to as the commissioner, the Wayne county board of road commissioners, herein referred to as the county, and the city of Detroit entered into a contract for the construction of 2 limited access highways, herein referred to as the projects, within the city of Detroit. One project, known as the John. C. Lodge Expressway, was to begin a short distance from the Detroit river, near Woodward avenue, and run in a more or less northerly and northwesterly direction into a divided 8-lane highway in the northwestern part of the city. The other project, known as the Edsel Ford Expressway was to run in an easterly and westerly direction through the center of the city, and at each end into wide expressways. As of December 31, 1950, some $42,000,000 had been expended for the highways. The 3 participating units had contributed a total of $5,000,000 annually and Federal aid comprised the balance. At the rate of progress under the 1945 contract, it was estimated that it would take an additional 15 years to complete the projects which were being built in sections as the money became available, and there was no provision for borrowing money to expedite the construction.