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Freeway Lounge proposal a week away
CEDAR RAPIDS - A final proposal on moving the Freeway Express Lounge across the Cedar River should come before the Linn County Supervisors on Monday.
Michael Richards, the businessman who wants to move the lounge from its spot on Eighth Avenue SW just east of Interstate 380 to New Bohemia, said a lot of research and contact with utility companies must come first.
Utility lines must be moved for the building to pass through, and the city must OK the project, but he said the move is quite feasible.
“It's a story in process. There's nothing conclusive yet,” Richards said. “It's concept moving quickly toward a formal proposal.”
The Freeway Lounge on Eighth Avenue SW is one of five flooded county properties that won't be fixed. The FEMA money earmarked for its repair will be devoted to an alternate project, at a 19 percent penalty.(Adam Belz/The Gazette)
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