The 50-year-old wooden bridge is failing and the weight limit has been reduced to 9 tons by the Road Commission for Oakland County. It will be replaced next year, which means no school buses or garbage trucks can cross.
The public will have its chance this week to weigh in on a proposal to bring at least 130 new transient rental units to the Key West Harbour Yacht Club on Stock Island.
Some of the units would be configured like condos and others would be part of a hotel, according to Robert Spottswood Jr., whose familyâs company purchased the marina two years ago.
The company has submitted a development agreement with the Monroe County government and a request to change the land-use map from mixed-use to destination resort.
Spottswood Companies Inc. purchased Key West Harbour Yacht Club off Maloney Avenue in 2019 and plans to keep a marina that caters to recreational and charter boat fishermen. The marina has roughly 100 wet slips, 375 dry-dock slips, yacht club, pool and three units that can be rented out transiently.