(MI) Detroit Free Press – A proposed railroad-centered development just over the Livingston County line and a similar plan for land in Howell will serve as catalysts to accelerate plans for a commuter rail line between Howell and Ann Arbor, a developer and rail officials said.

Developer Earl LaFave plans to build a mixed commercial and residential development on roughly 25 acres adjacent to rails that would be part of the Washtenaw and Livingston Line, or WALLY, in Northfield Township. More