Bringing a "first class, state-of-the-art" WNBA practice complex and youth athletic facilities to the former Uniroyal Tire Co. site in east Detroit will involve shipping contaminated soil to a landfill and adding a foot and a half a of clean soil so that kids aren't harmed, officials with the project said.

Leaders with W-Detroit Property LLC, the developer behind Detroit's new WNBA franchise, brought their plan before the Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority's Community Advisory Committee on Wednesday. W-Detroit is seeking $34.5 million in tax-increment financing to cover the cleanup, site preparation and infrastructure improvements.

The committee peppered W-Detroit officials with questions ranging from the project's impact on its east Detroit riverfront neighborhood to traffic and

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