Michigan - Bridge Owner Is Released - NYTimes.com.
Should infrastructure on which the common good depends be subject to privatization? I think not.
What good comes of it? What problems?
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 13, 2012
The state appeals court on Friday ordered the release of the billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Canada, after he spent a night in jail for civil contempt tied to a long-running dispute over a major construction project.
The court said it would hear a full appeal of a Wayne County judge’s order that jailed the bridge’s owner, Manuel Moroun, 84, and his top business associate, Dan Stamper, 62. Mr. Moroun and Mr. Stamper were sent to jail on Thursday after their company, the Detroit International Bridge Company, was found in contempt of court.
Judge Prentis Edwards said it had repeatedly failed to follow his orders to work with the state to complete a project that would connect the international bridge to area Interstate highways and would relieve truck congestion on residential streets.
But eight years after construction began, the company and the Michigan Department of Transportation cannot agree on how to finish the job.
Published: January 13, 2012
The state appeals court on Friday ordered the release of the billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Canada, after he spent a night in jail for civil contempt tied to a long-running dispute over a major construction project.
The court said it would hear a full appeal of a Wayne County judge’s order that jailed the bridge’s owner, Manuel Moroun, 84, and his top business associate, Dan Stamper, 62. Mr. Moroun and Mr. Stamper were sent to jail on Thursday after their company, the Detroit International Bridge Company, was found in contempt of court.
Judge Prentis Edwards said it had repeatedly failed to follow his orders to work with the state to complete a project that would connect the international bridge to area Interstate highways and would relieve truck congestion on residential streets.
But eight years after construction began, the company and the Michigan Department of Transportation cannot agree on how to finish the job.
Should infrastructure on which the common good depends be subject to privatization? I think not.
What good comes of it? What problems?
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