Dearborn Heights officials negotiate new street lighting arrangement with DTE

February 2nd, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — City officials have negotiated new street light replacement and maintenance arrangements with DTE in a three-phase plan. The program will replace a majority of the city’s lights while saving nearly $280,000. The first phase of the plan calls for the replacement of nearly all of the outdated mercury-vapor and...

Do some of Dearborn’s streets lack adequate lighting?

July 1st, 20181 DEARBORN — Some of the streets in Dearborn seem inadequately lit at night. A few residents' concerns included the poorly-lit neighborhoods with dim lighting behind William Ford Elementary School and on Donald Street. Some in the community have claimed that there's a correlation between poorly lit streets and carjackings, while...