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Repressive Attitudes continue on cross town freeway plan
Cedar Rapids faces potential loss of federal road funds as officials weigh a Southwest Northeast corridor. Linn County planners may rework the transportation plan if the 1 38 corridor is deemed infeasible, with possible reanalysis of 1 38 ramps and other projects. Experts challenge the consultant study, citing overstated 1990 population and employment estimates and urging a new population and economic factors review. The Marion by pass gains support while critics warn the freeway would truncate Cedar Rapids’ character and invite traffic reductions on First Avenue. Local residents urge tighter controls and possible access limits.
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Crosstown
Cedar Rapids
Schach
Commission
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Highway Commission
Cedar River
Coupal
AIT
Robert Humphrey
Des Moines
Humphrey
The
Coe
John Chapman
Howard, Needles, Tammen
Bergendorf
Kansas City
Chapman
First Avenue
Canney
Collins Road
Marion
Marion By-Pass
Fiftieth Street
Riley
Floyd Sandford
Twelfth
Thirteenth