Big money investment is in the plans for two of
Michigan's biggest
cities. More than $3 billion is improvements to
Detroit
and
Dearborn
are set to wrap up by 2010, pumping jobs into the industrialized area.
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A three-square-mile area in southwest Detroit
and south Dearborn
could see more than $3 billion in improvements to industrial landmarks by the
time construction wraps up in 2009-10.
Topping the list is Marathon Petroleum Co. L.L.C.'s Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade
Project between Fort Street
and Oakwood Boulevard east
of Schaefer Road
in southwest Detroit.
It's a $1.9 billion proposal to expand production capacity at Michigan's only oil refinery. The project
will be the subject of a public hearing Wednesday by the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality at the Kemeny Center gymnasium in Detroit.
DEQ division manager George Shaffner at the Detroit facility said he will attend that
hearing and expects a fair amount of discussion about jobs and the
environmental impact.
“We've seen a lot of interest in the jobs that will be generated. That seems to
be the biggest concern in the region,” he said.
Read the rest of this Crain's Detroit Business story here.