While the conception and development of this thing has been and continues to be a cluster-you-know-what, the Troy intermodal station will be opening in a few weeks, regardless:
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Nathan Skid | Crain's Detroit Business
Troy moves ahead on transit center
By Chad Halcom | Crain's Detroit Business
August 11, 2013
At the current pace of construction, there is a good chance Troy will be finished with its transit center project before the Michigan courts can say the same.
And if the center opens near Maple Road and Coolidge Highway next month with the legal question of ownership unresolved, the city could have to buy it back at substantial cost from Farmington Hills-based Grand/Sakwa Properties LLC in a long-running dispute.
The Federal Railroad Administration last week notified Troy it would resume reimbursements to the city for construction on the transit center, which had been halted for several months, after receiving a plan for continuous control from the city, said Rob Kulat, public affairs specialist for the railroad administration.
Reimbursements had stopped on the federal funding portion of the nearly $10 million transit center after the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in May that the property belonged to Grand/Sakwa, not the city. Troy has racked up about $1.6 million in reimbursable building expenses since then, said City Engineer Steve Vandette.
A three-judge appellate panel overturned a 2011 Oakland County Circuit Court ruling in Troy's favor, and ruled that Grand/Sakwa is entitled to reclaim 2.7 acres of land where most of the construction is taking place.
The city asked the Michigan Supreme Court to take up the case a few weeks ago, but has also requested an assessment on the property from an outside consultant, which is expected soon. The assessment would be a precursor to a possible condemnation case in court against Grand/Sakwa to retake the site if the courts continue to side with the developer.
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Troy will never be
the transit hub of Oakland County, but it can be - and now will be - one of them. Whatever the case, it will certainly be better for what passed as a station in Birmingham.
BTW, the skybridge is quite a bit taller than what I imagined it'd look like.