Downtown Detroit Power Outage: Crews Continue to Restore Power Thursday

September 12,2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A view of the People Mover on a normal day in Detroit. (Image: Paul Bica/Flickr)

DETROIT — One day after a power outage in downtown Detroit, the Detroit Institute of Arts and Wayne State University's main campus in the city's Midtown are closed as crews continue to try and restore electricity.
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Officials at the art museum and nearby college shut down Wednesday afternoon due to the outage which is being blamed on cable failures, routine maintenance and hot temperatures. Highs across the Detroit metro area reached into the low 90s Wednesday.
The mayor's office said the issues contributed to overload the city's aging electrical system.
On Thursday, City Hall remained closed and some traffic lights through downtown remained out. Police officers manned intersections to prevent traffic snarls.
Wayne State says classes could resume Thursday evening if power is restored.
The outage also forced the relocation Thursday of the US/Canada Border Conference from Cobo Center to the Renaissance Center downtown.

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