Summary
The city spends about $5.5 million a year cleaning freeways the state used to maintain, but gets only about $650,000 back — a reimbursement based on outdated 2016-17 numbers. Officials are negotiating a bigger reimbursement.
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Last discussed Mar 25, 2026.
Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
Roughly $4.85 million annual unreimbursed cost to the city.
✅Who benefits
All Detroiters who drive the freeways and see cleaner corridors.
⚠️Who could be affected
City taxpayers effectively subsidize a state responsibility.
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