Politics & Government
Royal Oak Gets Green Light for Seven-Story Parking Deck
In narrow vote, city commissioners approve $13.5 million bond project.
(Posted Nov. 15, 2016) ROYAL OAK, MI – A new $15.5 million seven-story parking deck is coming to Royal Oak, but the measure allowing it almost didn't pass when the City Commission voted 4-3 Monday to move the project ahead, The Daily Tribune reported. Property taxes won't increase under a $13.5 million 20-year bond to pay for the project, which supporters say addresses a longtime parking shortage, as well as the needs of a nearby development project that's already in the works. Opponents to the new parking deck at Second Street and Washington Avenue expressed concerns about higher-than-anticipated costs or thought the city should require mixed-use developers to include parking in their site plans.
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