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Delray Residents On Edge Over Plans For Bridge In Area

Delray Residents On Edge Over Plan For New Bridge
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News that a billion-dollar bridge was coming their way had residents on edge Friday in southwest Detroit.

"My landlord told me they're going to take the house -- I've got to move," said David Jennings, 52, a five-year resident of Waterman Street near West Jefferson. But the part-time handyman added: "I don't mind cause he said I might get some money out of the deal" when the new bridge authority buys all of the properties in the path of the project.

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