Lakeland pauses new commercial development along U.S. 70
Lakeland commissioner Jim Atkinson, pictured here in February 2022, voted with the rest of the Lakeland Board of Commissioners to halt any new potential commercial development along U.S. Highway 70. “With our comprehensive plan in progress right now, there is a lot of interest in keeping Highway 70 very controlled as to how it grows,” he said. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
With concerns about crime, congestion and over-development, Lakeland officials have placed a one-year moratorium on commercial projects along U.S. 70.
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Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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