Getting nowhere with state on I-55 project, DeSoto officials turn to social media
Traffic passes the intersection at Interstate 69 and Interstate 55 in DeSoto County near Hernando. DeSoto County officials have launched a social media campaign to coax the state about widening at-capacity gateway roads. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
DeSoto leaders have asked for funding to widen I-55, U.S. 51 and Miss. 305 multiple times, but those requests have fallen on deaf ears.
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Driving DeSoto U.S. 78 Interstate 55 Miss. 305 Mayor Ken Adams Lee Caldwell Jessie MedlinToni Lepeska
Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian. The 34-year veteran of newspaper journalism is an award-winning essayist and covers a diversity of topics, always seeking to reveal the human story behind the news. Toni, who grew up in Cayce, Mississippi, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. To learn more, visit tonilepeska.com
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