Pyramids proposed for southern Illinois’s city
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Imagine seeing pyramids hovering above interstate 57. That’s one West Frankfort man’s plan.
Scott Williams calls it the Little Egypt Oasis, which would eventually include: 3 pyramids, a restaurant, truck stop and botanical gardens. It would take serious road-work, like re-vamping the ramps and creating frontage roads into West Frankfort, infrastructure development and a lot of dollars and cents. But Williams says, its worth the investment.
The bridges along I-57 just before the West Frankfort exit would be the center piece for where Williams hopes to put the Little Egypt Oasis. He says, 35,000 drivers pass thru this area every day and if only 10% stopped to check it out- that would mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for the area.
Members of the Southern Illinois Networking Association agree.
Williams hopes to get help funding the roadwork from the state and federal government. The rest of the money for the project would come from private investors.
Excerpted from an article by Rachel Gartner for wsiltv.com
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