Bankruptcy judge moves to privatize Detroit public lighting system - World Socialist Web Site
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The plans by Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr to privatize the city’s lighting system moved ahead last week when the federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy proceedings approved the sale of hundreds of millions in bonds.
The plan, announced by Orr in June, aims to reduce the lighting system in Detroit from 88,000 streetlight fixtures down to 46,000, and will see the 120-year-old Detroit Public Lighting Department closed down and its operations taken over by utility giant DTE Energy.