Developers claim that the land of west town is ripe to be turned into a combined retail area. They say that the extension of highway 85 would give shopper’s access to a greater variety of stores. In truth, though we already have a great variety of stores downtown- over 200 of them. Many of these businesses have been hurting for several years due to the neglect of the exit 10 overpass which has made driving difficult. Extending highway 85 would give shoppers a reason to avoid downtown altogether- likely dooming many small businesses and leaving buildings vacant. However the overpass could be repaired at a fraction of the cost of the highway extension. This small investment in city infrastructure would be good for businesses and shoppers. In 1-2 sentences identify the authors point of view and the authors purpose
The author's point of view is that extending highway 85 would be detrimental to downtown businesses and that repairing the overpass is a more cost-effective solution. The author's purpose is to argue against the development of a combined retail area and advocate for the repair of the overpass in order to support downtown businesses and benefit shoppers.
