Grosse Pointe Park has a fondness for blocking its border.
Steve Neavling of Motor City Muckraker reports:
Grosse Pointe Park blocked one of its busiest borders with Detroit yet again, violating an agreement with Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration after Motor City Muckraker revealed in 2014 that the blockade was partially on Detroit property and therefore illegal.
Grosse Pointe Park has found plenty of clever ways to block Kercheval since 2013 – erecting a large pile of snow, delaying work on a water main project and building a farmer’s market in the middle of the road.
On Saturday, Grosse Pointe Park officials blocked the road with a farmer’s market sign, a clear violation of the community’s agreement with Detroit. By law, Grosse Pointe Park can’t block the border by using Detroit property without city approval, which was never sought and likely would never be received.
Neavling reports after 20 minutes after notifying the mayor's office on Sunday of the road block, the city received assurances that it would come down.
