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A screen shot of a new online resource listing weekly statistics on Detroit municipal services. The city is mowing more than 10,000 vacant plots each week, crews removed 570 tons of illegally dumped trash within seven days in July and the Public Lighting Authority has installed more than 13,000 new LED streetlights since spring, according to the new resource. (The graphic on the right side of the image includes a typo, and should read July 13, rather than June 13, a city spokesman said.)

(City of Detroit)

DETROIT, MI -- The city is mowing more than 10,000 vacant plots each week, crews removed 570 tons of illegally dumped trash within seven days in July and the Public Lighting Authority has installed more than 13,000 new LED streetlights since spring.

That's according to Detroit's new performance measurement webpage launched Monday.

Officials said the new Detroit Dashboard will provide weekly updates on numbers of lights installed, lots mowed, vacant houses destroyed and other service-related statistics.

The city has been trying to show strides in improving basic services since entering bankruptcy last year and putting a halt to massive debt service payments that crippled its budget for decades.

According to the new online resource, between July 13 and July 19, 12,000 vacant lots were mowed, 1,301 streetlights were installed, 88 abandoned homes were destroyed and 57 nuisance abatement lawsuits were filed against owners of blighted properties.

The page also lists information about streetcar line construction, economic development projects and other initiatives.

The city promised to updated the page every Thursday morning.

View the Detroit Dashboard at www.detroitmi.gov/detroitdashboard.