Cape, SEMO look to widen Broadway

Broadway cuts a wide path from Kingshighway to Perry Avenue. But eastward it narrows to a two-lane street jammed with cars and pickup trucks carrying students, staff and visitors to and from the Southeast Missouri State University campus.

City officials hope to ease traffic congestion with a wider street, but business owners worry that the construction work itself will be a major road block for their customers.

For more on this story, read Monday's Southeast Missourian.