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Missouri transportation officials are planning to spend millions of dollars upgrading East Sunshine Street. But the plan has area businesses worried.

Springfield City Council voted 7-to-1 to delay a state plan to put medians along East Sunshine Street, after businesses in the area balked at the idea of more regulation on car traffic.

A street intersection residents say is plagued by speeding drivers will get upgrades including "bulb-out" curbs and pedestrian markings after Springfield City Council passed a funding resolution.

The Kansas Expressway extension from south Springfield into Greene County has been under construction since late 2021. KSMU recently talked with the head of the Greene County Highway Department for an update on the project.