Vote no on the highway 85 extension by Victoria vail, tribune staff writer. Next week the city council will consider a proposal to extend Highway 85 by 10 miles a small coalition of real estate developers that have hurried this proposal forward hoping to capitalize on state tax breaks and reassuring the city that their intentions are good and Truth however the proposed extension would hurt our community it would be bad for downtown businesses bad for families and bad for the environment bad for downtown businesses developers claim that the land west of town is right to be turned into a combined retail residential area they say that the extension of Highway 85 would give Shoppers access to a greater variety of stores and truth though we already have a great variety of stores downtown over 200 of them many of these businesses have been hurting for several gears 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 all together likely doing 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 alike and one to two sentences identify the author's point of view and the author's purpose
The author's point of view is against the extension of Highway 85. They argue that the extension would be detrimental to downtown businesses, families, and the environment. The author also suggests that repairing the existing overpass would be a more cost-effective solution. The author's purpose is to persuade readers to vote against the proposal.
