State. Planners and the public are mounting the fug of mount cher nonroad. Its needed when you consider 20,000 cars travel this stroach road every day. Matt hammel join us live from mount vernon road. Matt . Reporter once upon a time, this was the grand gateway into cedar rapids, the sign of a thriving community. Many people could like to see it be that way again. Reporter the lincoln highway was the first coast to coast pavedthrough way in the paved thruway in the country. Today, it is 5 lanes of speeding traffic, fast food, houses, and empty lots. Patricia, on a walk with mikey, says she wont drive it and the area needs more retail. Some type of grocery store. Hopefully, it will slow traffic down. Its a shotgun approach. Reporter feedback from hundreds of neighbors who have called it ugly and neglected suggest better traffic flow and just a cleaner look as goals. At the end of the day, its the private Property Owners that will be the ones that develop new retail or whatever that is.
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