DETROIT – The city of Detroit has fixed some of the broken sidewalks near Ford Field, where Disabilities Advocate Chris Ruzzin works, after he complained about his difficulties while riding in his wheelchair.
Ruzzin, who uses a wheelchair, showed Local 4 last month just how difficult it was to go on the cracked and cratered sidewalks near his place of employment. Now, those sidewalks are getting fixed as crews have been working on repairs.
“I noticed the sidewalks were under construction and being replaced,” said Ruzzin. “I think it is phenomenal work, as I’ve been trying for five years.”
Ruzzin is helping make Detroit safer for him and safer for other residents. The advocate pointed out a multitude of crumbling potholes on sidewalks in the center of the city on Woodward Avenue at Grand Circus.
His wheelchair fell over once in a hole so deep that anyone could fall in and break their ankle.
Detroit’s Director of Public Works told us that the block on Woodward Avenue was on their radar and that the work would get done in the next few weeks, and thanks to Ruzzin, it has come to fruition.
“It’s been fixed, and I am very grateful,” Ruzzin said.
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