Residents fill Westland town hall with concerns of power outages

WESTLAND, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – “Life could also be regular. No, hit once more, one other two to a few days,” stated one neighborhood member at Monday evening’s gathering in Westland Metropolis Corridor.

CBS Information Detroit has been in search of options to the facility outage issues we have been protecting for weeks. Almost 200 neighborhood members went to the Westland Metropolis Corridor the place considerations have been heard.

“Many people are born and raised in Michigan. We have had storms like this earlier than,” stated Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who was in attendance on the gathering organized by the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition. 

Redford Township resident Judy Neal had a number of relations who misplaced their energy. A kind of relations included her 87-year-old mom who’s additionally on oxygen. Throughout the latest outage, she was with out energy for 5 days.

“Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Misplaced all of her meals. She had shopped possibly per week prior so we needed to throw out all of her meals that was within the fridge. I imply, we’re fortunate she a spot to remain like lots of people stated right here,” stated Neal.

Of the options offered, exhibiting up. Displaying up in Lansing for committee hearings and fee hearings.

“When the common citizen, we begin listening to these points, and we push the problem, I feel when entities begin realizing that neighborhood is paying consideration, individuals are paying consideration and so they’ll maintain their ft to the hearth. I feel that is the place change originates,” Neal stated.