City of Taylor v. Detroit Edison Co.

Defendant appeals as of right the circuit court’s order granting plaintiffs cross-motion for summary disposition. We affirm.

This case involves a major reconstruction project along the portion of Telegraph Road passing through the city of Taylor. As part of this project, the Taylor city council passed an ordinance directing all persons owning, leasing, operating, or maintaining overhead lines, wires, poles, or facilities to relocate the facilities underground and to remove all the above-ground facilities. The ordinance stated that the relocation was to be done at the expense of the persons…