MANDAN, N.D. (AP) -- Officials plan a public meeting Thursday on a study of how to improve a nearly 2 1/2-mile Mandan road known as ``The Strip' that has heavy traffic and also dozens of business turnoffs.
Project manager Bob Shannon says planners want to hear about problems and get improvement ideas from the public. He says each business along the Strip also will be contacted for input.
Shannon says the study will address the poor access for anyone not in a motor vehicle and for the disabled. There are no sidewalks, and Shannon says it is difficult to reach businesses from a nearby trail system.
Traffic counts for the study will start this week and drainage issues will be studied. Architects, landscape experts and others plan to meet in late January to discuss ideas for traffic, drainage and development.
A draft report should be ready next summer, with final adoption set for late in the year. The cost of improving the road is not yet known.
