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Volunteers needed for COMMUNITY TRUCK SURVEY! Survey Dates: August 17 & 18, 7:00am to 7:00pm WHAT is a community truck survey? Community members will count trucks (and other traffic) on neighborhood streets where truck traffic is a concern! WHERE will be observe trucks? First Survey Locations: - Clark Park on Clark St. in front of Maybury School - Fort St. at Springwells in front of All Saints Church - Or you can observe from your front porch! Want to observe more locations? We need your help! We hope to observe at least 6 or 7 locations by the end of September, but it depends on how many volunteers we get. Please help us out and sign up for a 2-hour shift! WHY observe trucks? To find solutions! Trucks on residential streets and near schools affect safety, and diesel emissions from trucks are harmful to health. We are observing trucks so we can advocate for better truck routes and enforcement and to reduce harmful diesel pollution. HOW will the survey be done? Volunteers will count traffic for 2 hours at hot-spot locations identified in the community and keep track with a simple tally sheet. HOW we can help: With your help, we can identify streets that should be truck-free and advocate for better truck routes that have less of an impact on residential neighborhoods. WANT to know more?.... Contact us! SDEVweb.info@gmail.com or (313) 842-1961 Attention: Southwest Detroit Residents!! WDET 101.9FM is investigating the issue of semi-trucks driving down residential streets and the impact it has on the community. Help WDET with this story by reporting semi-trucks driving down your street - Text the word TRUCK to 30644 and enter your location (messages are confidential) Want to share deeper insights on this issue with WDET reporters? Join the Public Insight Network Download informational flyer Visit the website for more details MAY 26,2010 GREAT NEWS- House Passes DRIC-CBA Bill! To All Community Benefits Supporters-- Success! Today the Michigan House of Representatives passed a Bill that will require a Community Benefits Agreement if any new bridge will be built to Canada! Now on to the Senate. The CBA Bill (HB6128) was introduced by State Rep. Rashida Tlaib and was developed with input by the Community Benefits Coalition and Sugar Law Center. Legislation also passed allowing public-private partnerships for transportation projects (HB4961) like the Detroit River International Crossing. See Press Release below. A huge thank you to all who have traveled many days to Lansing to urge support for our community, Detroit, and Michigan! PLEASE GIVE HUGE THANKS TO OUR DETROIT REPS WHO SUPPORTED US and stayed strong for Detroit: List of Representative phone numbers View more photos from the Feb. 23rd Town Hall Meeting!		NEWS
		7/12/10: Ambassador Bridge traffic up 14.6% from January through June - Crain's Detroit Business 7/8/10: Court refuses appeal by bonding company for Gateway Project - Crain's Detroit Business 6/24/10: Transport minister John Baird touts DRIC - The Windsor Star 5/25/10: Granholm continues push for new bridge on Detroit River - Detroit Free Press 5/25/10: Canada's Baird Sees Consensus for Public-Owned Detroit Bridge - Bloomberg Businessweek 5/25/10: LaHood calls Canada's Bridge Offer "Extraordinary" - Transport Topics Online 5/25/10: Editorial: Time to build the Detroit-Canada bridge - Detroit News 5/21/10: Michigan postpones $5-billion DRIC bridge vote- Windsor Star 5/21/10: Decision on DRIC delayed; Carmakers urge on new bridge- Today's Trucking.com 5/20/10: Detroit-Canada bridge vote on hold in Michigan - Crain's Detroit Business 5/19/10: Ambassador Bridge traffic up 12% from one year ago, figures show - Crain's Detroit Business 5/18/10: Windor's Chris Vander Doelen: Moroun musings - The Windsor Star 5/10/10:DRIC, other projects could boost Michigan, study finds- Detroit News 3/23/10: Paul Krystyniak- One span or two... (editorial) 3/18/10: Appeals court reject Moroun bid- Detroit Free Press 3/16/10: US-Canadian traffic stagnant- TOLLROADSnews 3/16/10: Huge traffic drop at Windsor-Detroit tunnel- WindsorOntarioNews.com 3/3/10: New Ambassador Bridge span stalled- Detroit News 2/10/10: MDOT chief: Time to get moving on a new bridge- Detroit Free Press More news articles...

About Us
The Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition is a community-initiated organization with an elected community board that has been working on behalf of hundreds of residents and other community stakeholders to identify the community's needs for mutually beneficial development in exchange for hosting the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) project. Southwest Detroit already hosts a number of transportation projects and heavy industries. As a result, residents bear many negative environmental burdens including heavy truck traffic, illegal dumping, and air and noise pollution. The DRIC project has not adequately assessed specific impacts on the immediate community or the cumulative impacts that will result fromadding another large transportation development to the area. The DRIC project, with its $1.8 billion in U.S. investment, could be a pivotal project to bring economic growth to the region as well as redevelopment of the host community of Delray. Other successful projects around the country have done this type of development with investments of 15% of total project costs in the host communities, compared to the 01.2% that the DRIC proposes.

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