Even for double what the house is worth I wouldn't want to do it. City Councilman Ben Nelson Jr. said in addition to the obvious worries about where the road would go, precisely, residents east of Old 41 Road are wondering what the new road will mean to Terry Street traffic. Click on the image above for a full size version of the graphic. In fact traffic from the new road would be on Terry Street between Imperial Street and Matheson. Nelson said he'd wondered why the road didn't meet Imperial Street and cross directly over, but engineers explained that too straight a route would attract too much traffic and potentially turn the new route into a speedway.
More lanes sends the message to the public to speed.
We want to send the opposite message. County Transportation Director Scott Gilbertson stressed the project is in its infancy, and there are other routes that could yet be examined. Building a major road through an already developed area isn't painless, he said. But at some point in time we're going to have to make a recommendation. And it's going to hurt a lot of people.