BROADWAY WIDENING PROJECT UNDER WAY

A $2.1 million construction project widening Broadway to four lanes from Clark Street east to Perry Avenue officially begins today.

Improvements will involve construction of 2,400 linear feet of roadway, including new pavement, curbs and gutters, in addition to retaining walls and excavation and earth work.

Cape Girardeau Mayor Al Spradling III and the McDonald's Hamburglar will take part in a 2 p.m. ceremony today at Grace United Methodist Church.

The project is one of 20 paid for by the Cape Girardeau Transporation Trust Fund, established through a five-year half-cent tax approved by voters in 1995.

In August, the city will ask voters to approve an extension of the sales tax to fund 13 new projects.