KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – On Tuesday, the team behind the Reconnecting the East Side project invited Kansas Citians to check out its three initial alternatives for U.S. Highway 71 and provide feedback. These aren’t finalized plans; they allow the community to weigh in on the potential future of the highway.
“The median should have some color, design, or something simple there that can look beautiful and make it look pleasant to go through,” said Jan Wallace. “Just take care of it. There’s a lot of dead trees, lot of dead branches in the median. It just needs to be given a little tender love and care.”
“I would like to see more beautification from the freeway,” said Barbara Nix. “After they do all the development and improvements that they plan on doing on 71, what are they going to do with the properties located near the freeway? They need to beautify both sides of the highway so when people come in and out of Kansas City they can look over and say ‘that’s a beautiful area, I would like to live there’ rather than going down the freeway saying ‘oh no, I don’t want to live in that area’.”…