Comments on: Foul Smell Latest Issue for Dearborn Neighborhood

By: pauly

pauly — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:15:15 +0000

Give me a break! The people on Alexandrine are spoiled. Moving a home business to a rented office space because the noise is deafening – please! The people south of Michigan spent a whole summer of pounding when the infamous parking structures were going up. The pile driving was deafening for months – during the summer. The city needs to be careful who they are giving these “sweet” deals to!

By: Paul Mastrogiacomo

Paul Mastrogiacomo — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:02:32 +0000

Did the city offer any special accommodations for the people on Palmer or in the condos on the other side of the east Dearborn site? That whole Colson/Palmer area was a mess to get in and out of for a very long time. And didn’t the construction of that site also cause vibrations and thumping sounds? I can’t imagine the construction method was that different that it did not.

This is definitely a slippery slope the city is treading. Like RJR said there are going to be people getting old repairs fixed on the city’s dime. And will the people in the Palmer/Colson area now be able to approach the city with claims of damage?

What about future projects? If I have a home business and sewer or road repaving and I find the noise, dust, smells and inconvenience of coming and going to be too much (whatever that may be) will the city lease office space for me?

I’d also like to see the evidence that the excavating caused such significant foundation damage to a home. It just seems suspicious to me.

I just think this is a really bad idea to make all these accommodations.

By: RJR

RJR — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:00:42 +0000

So the city has had to purchase a home because of excessive damage? Oh, my. This is going to get very expensive.

I can see other homeowners lining up to do the same. I don’t see how anyone can prove whether damage to a home was from earlier or as a result of construction because no one went into these homes before construction began to baseline the condition of each home.

Get that check book ready, Dearborn. Old repairs will now be blended with the new ones created by this construction mess.

By: rami

rami — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:42:05 +0000

Too bad its not down the street, where the big fella smells it too.

By: cloe

cloe — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:26:48 +0000

Just two comments regarding the business that was being run out of the house. Why couldn’t they find him space at city hall and save the money , and, have they checked that he pays Dearborn business taxes like other businesses in Dearborn. Does someone out there know the answers? Let us know.

By: becki kain

becki kain — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:54:19 +0000

Is there a document on what this project is? What about the Rouge reroute project? is that done and wasn’t there going to be also a footpath from Dearborn to Detroit that follows it?