The fate of other Senate-approved tax incentives was uncertain. Legislation backed by Detroit businessman Dan Gilbert and local economic development agencies would allow developers to keep up to $50 million a year in sales and income taxes generated from developing future "transformational" projects on contaminated brownfield sites.

Gilbert paid a visit to the Capitol on Tuesday to lobby for the legislation.

“This is about hope and the future, and I’m hoping that at this very, very critical time we’re going to deliver,” he told legislators in testimony before the House Local Government Committee, which is considering the package with less than two weeks left in the so-called lame-duck session, The Detroit News reported.

“If we deliver, we’re going to have in Detroit alone probably $2.5 (billion) to $3 billion in new construction — and cranes and hope and optimism in the air — in a short period of time.”

The House delayed until Wednesday a vote to finish enacting a statewide regulatory framework for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft.

Bills not passed by Dec. 15, the end of the two-year legislative session, could be considered by a new GOP-controlled Legislature.