Three measures that the Michigan Senate might consider today could propel Detroit's streetlight overhaul plan.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is backing the bills while offering his own prescription, which WDIV-TV reports is in some respects is at odds with the legislation.
Bing has said a vote Wednesday in Lansing on the streetlight legislation is crucial if the financially troubled city is to modernize a system where only 35,000 of more than 88,000 streetlights actually work.
But senators might delay action on the two House measures and one Senate bill until next month when they return from summer recess.
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