DOUSMAN - Along a stretch of the Glacial Drumlin State Trail, at the point where it bends sharply north/south and then east/west, sits a rural field and woodland that`s long been a familiar sight to bicyclists and pedestrians.It`s marked by a sharp incline as it parallels U.S. Highway 18, just east of State Highway 67, where passing traffic zips by at speeds that make the 145-acre parcel of land behind the trail barely noticeable — at least in comparison to the much-slower traffic on the trail. But if plans hold, all traffic, fast or slow, will soon take notice.
A development proposal that has already surmounted several key steps would feature more than 140 single-family houses, 300 apartment units, condominiums and commercial buildings along a major intersection whose southeast quadrant, to date, has been completely vacant aside from the cornfield and trees...
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- - Volume: 11 - WEEK: 38 Date: 9/20/2023 1:51:53 PM -