DeSoto County leaders lobby for wider I-55 at Mississippi State Capitol
“We feel I-55 has got to be widened,” District 4 Supervisor Lee Caldwell said. “We need to speak with force and ask for funding.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
DeSoto County officials head to Jackson on Thursday to lobby state legislators for funds to widen Interstate 55, eliminating a bottleneck where it narrows and making the expressway safer.
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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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