Barricaded frontage road’s future debated

More than two years since the City of Clinton was told that the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) was working on a plan to permanently close a frontage road in front of McDonald’s on Springridge Road, a temporary barricade remains in place, forcing motorists to drive through a shopping center parking lot to reach McDonald’s and other nearby businesses.

Jeff Speed with Litchfield Clinton LLC, which owns the shopping center, would like to see the frontage road reopened.

“If I block the road off in front of your house, and I redirect everybody through your driveway and yard, you’re eventually going to get upset about it,” Speed said after appearing before the Board of Aldermen at a March 2 work session…

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