Possible land deal for US-Canada bridge delayed

Published July 28, 2014 3:17pm ET



DETROIT (AP) — A proposal has been delayed to transfer 301 Detroit-owned properties to the Michigan Land Bank in exchange for $1.4 million from the Canadian government as part of plans for a $2 billion international commuter bridge.

A special Detroit City Council session was scheduled Monday morning. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/1thR751 ), however, that Detroit’s state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr’s office has agreed to delay consideration of such an agreement until September.

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