City Council takes no position on Chamber’s push for Shelby Farms parkway
“We have no opposition to the project,” Memphis Chief Operating Officer Antonio Adams said. “However, our focus is on developing the core of the city. ... It is not the mayor’s intent to reshift this priority.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The return of the Shelby Farm Parkway proposal comes two years after it was removed from the city’s list of road projects. The Greater Memphis Chamber is pushing for its return.
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