The City Council voted 9-0 to approve a $79,392 emergency purchase order to cover repairs to Tower 1, which was badly damaged on the evening of July 31.

 

According to the city, the Ann Arbor Fire Department was responding to a single-vehicle crash on westbound I-94 at the Jackson Road interchange shortly after 11 p.m. and Tower 1 was in a "park to protect" position to protect emergency responders, including Huron Valley Ambulance and Michigan State Police, when it was hit. According to the city, no emergency responders or civilians were injured, though Tower 1 sustained considerable damages