The politics of dirt in downtown Ann Arbor

Downtown Ann Arbor knows how to dig a big hole, but it hasn't figured out where it's going to put the dirt yet.

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Where to put the dirt? It's a question that's starting to vex downtown Ann Arbor officials as they prep to begin digging one big hole in the ground.

The hole is for the Library Lot underground parking deck next to the Ann Arbor District Library. The city has started on some of the work to build a 677-car parking garage underneath a surface parking lot on Fourth Street and to replace some of the surrounding infrastructure, such as sewer and water lines.

But the big hole for all of those cars is coming later this year. That means an acre of earth four stories deep has to go somewhere.

"We're talking about a mountain of dirt," says Susan Pollay, executive director of Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority.

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The politics of dirt in downtown Ann Arbor

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