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Fountain Street Extension Opens

Fred Lynch
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

After seven months of construction, the Fountain Street extension is now open from Morgan Oak to William Street. A ceremony was held at the new roundabout on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 at Morgan Oak and Fountain streets.

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    Mayor Harry Rediger addresses the crowd with City Manager Scott Meyer before the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Fountain Street roundabout on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. (Fred Lynch)
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    Mayor Harry Rediger removes a barricade on Morgan Oak just east of the new roundabout on the finished Fountain Street extension project with assistance from Tom Higgins and Kathy Swan, just before noon on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. (Fred Lynch)
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    John Mehner, president of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, is the first to take a "victory lap" around the new Fountain Street roundabout on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. (Fred Lynch)
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    Mayor Harry Rediger cuts the ceremonial ribbon to open the new Fountain Street extention at Morgan Oak and Fountain streets. From left: Chamber Ambassador Jessica Mobley, Josh Haynes of Jo Ann Emerson's Office, Bill Robinson of MODOT, Christy Ferrell of Claire McCaskill's Office, David Meyer, Missouri Department of Economic Development; Rediger, Vince Kelley of Nip Kelley Equipment, Cape Girardeau City Manager Scott Meyer, Marla Mills of Old Town Cape, Tom Schulte of Senator Kit Bond's Office, Cape Girardeau City Council member Kathy Swan, Tim Arbeiter of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, Old Town Cape board president Kent Zickfield, Toni Eftink of Old Town Cape.