Reader offers alternate Five Points fix

By From JT Staff Reports

Dear Editor,
There could be a different way to handle traffic at the Five Points intersection to be built in 2025, with much lower expense and traffic interruption.
First point to be considered is that when Professional Parkway is completed from Industrial Parkway to Route 38, there should be up to 20...

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