Businesses & Neighbors Protest Widening Independence

Tonight, a group of East Charlotte business owners and neighbors are protesting the proposed widening of East Independence.

It is a 1.6 mile stretch of highway that some locals are dead set against.

They're saying, that if this road is widened as planned, they're going to get a raw deal because the government can't possibly compensate them for all that they will lose.

WBTV's Melissa Hankins reports from the scene of the planned protest.

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