Lions Club member and A&M-Commerce professor Betty Block, left, talks to K. Neal Barker of Dallas-based Public Werks. In the background at right is Brenda Short of Fate, who opposes the project.
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Baker unveiled the proposed road's name: Blacklands Turnpike
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The Blacklands Turnpike would be part of a route offering multilane travel from Greenville to the President George Bush Turnpike in Garland, Baker said.
