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CITY COUNCIL DEFERS VOTE ON RIVERSIDE BLVD PROJECT

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THE CITY COUNCIL OF SIOUX CITY HAS POSTPONED A DECISION ON A PROPOSAL BY THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONVERT RIVERSIDE BOULEVARD FROM FOUR TO THREE LANES.

THE CENTER LANE WOULD BE A LEFT TURN LANE FOR DRIVERS HEADED EITHER DIRECTION ON THE BOULEVARD, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS STATE HIGHWAY 12.

A FRESH LAYER OF ASPHALT WOULD BE LAID BY THE IOWA D-O-T LATER THIS YEAR AT NO COST TO THE CITY.

SEVERAL CITIZENS TESTIFIED FOR AND AGAINST THE PROPOSAL

THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO GIVE CITIZENS MORE TIME TO WEIGH IN AND DEFERRED A VOTE UNTIL JANUARY 27TH.