Several properties, including Leruaโ€™s Fine Mexican Food, 2500 E. Broadway, would be affected by plans to widen a section of East Broadway. The council is set to vote on the plan at its Tuesday April 19 meeting.

The City Council has moved the location of its Tuesday afternoon meeting in anticipation of a large turnout for its scheduled vote on the proposed Broadway widening.

The regular meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. It will be held in the Board of Supervisors hearing room in the Pima County Administration Building, 130 W. Congress St.

The Broadway widening proposal has stirred a lot of interest.

On Sunday, more than 100 people opposed to the plan rallied along the route east of downtown. A handful of supporters also attended.

The project, if approved by the council, will change the existing four-lane road between Euclid Avenue and Country Club Road to six lanes.

The afternoon meeting will be broadcast live on Channel 96 (Cox and Comcast).

Rebroadcasts of the meeting will be on Tucson 12 and at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/tv12/mayor-and-council

The councilโ€™s study session, which begins at 1 p.m., will still be held in its chambers at City Hall, 255 W. Alameda St.


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