West Coast Residents Voice Concerns Over New Interstate Extension

== 6/20/2024 9:44 AM ==
WEST COAST, MINECRAFT
West Coast residents are voicing their concerns at the West Coast City Hall building in Downtown West Coast over the proposed expansion of the Interstate 77 highway, which plans to be built through a historic part of Downtown West Coast. “We really don’t want this new highway to be built if it’s going to result in the demolition of Oldtown, that is a very historic area and is the original portion of Downtown West Coast, which holds a lot of history to this city!” says Nicole Morales of West Coast. The Interstate 77 meeting was held by MineDot Transportation, who showed the plans to extend Interstate 77 from Flint, Pacific Mountain to Diamond, Minecraft with the new highway making its way through the City of West Coast’s Oldtown neighborhood, which if the project does go through, will result in the demolition of most of the Oldtown area. A bunch of residents attended the meeting as well as the founder of the West Coast Historical Society who all voiced their concerns of preserving and saving the Oldtown area. The Oldtown neighborhood of West Coast is the original portion of Downtown West Coast, that holds a lot of historic wooden artitechtular from the early 1800s, while most of the area was repaired by the West Coast Historical Society, the area was deemed to be a Historic Site by the City of West Coast, which means no major demolition can occur through the site. West Coast City Council members also were at the meeting and also explained their concerns over the demolition of the neighborhood. “Oldtown is a historical site, which means it is not allowed by law to not be touched or tampered with, MineDot is going to have to relocate the highway around Oldtown or figure out another plan because by law, they’re not allowed to mess with our Oldtown.” says David Pierce, a West Coast City Council member. MineDot is claiming however that their plans are indeed legal by the State of Minecraft as according to MineDot, “Oldtown is simply in the building direction of the extension of the Interstate 77 highway.”