Two East Memphis neighborhoods want to block through traffic
Mimosa has been temporarily blocked at North Highland for months so that neighbors could create and enjoy a pocket park on the street. Now some residents want the cutoff made permanent. (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian)
Residents of two East Memphis neighborhoods request that their streets be permanently gated or blocked from two busy streets, Poplar and Highland. But doing so would degrade the connectivity of the city’s street network, the Division of Planning and Development says.
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Tom Bailey
Tom Bailey covers business news for The Daily Memphian. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He's worked in journalism for 40 years and has lived in Midtown for 36 years.