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COUNTY JAIL ON A PRELIMINARY
CHARGE OF ***.
FEWER CARS ARE TRAVELING
THROUGH AMERICUS ON THE OLD
STATE ROAD 25 .. NOW THAT A
PORTION OF THE NEW HOOSIER
HEARTLAND HIGHWAY FROM
LAFAYETTE TO DELPHI OPENED
EARLIER THIS WEEK. AS NEWS
18'S KRISTA HENERY REPORTS ..
SOME BUSINESS OWNERS IN
AMERICUS SAY WHILE THEY'VE
ALREADY SEEN A DECREASE IN
BUSINESS .. OTHER BUSINESSES
HOPE IT WILL áHELP THEIR
BUSINESS IN THE END. #@NAT:
"WE SURE MISS THAT BEAUTIFUL
WEATHER FROM YESTERDAY, DON'T
WE?"KRISTA: FOR 17 YEARS ..
DAVE MORRISON AND HIS WIFE
HAVE OWNED THE CITGO GAS
STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE
IN AMERICUS.DAVE: "AS FAR AS
DOLLAR WISE, I DO A LOT MORE
DOLLARS IN GAS. AS FAR AS
CUSTOMER RINGS, I DO MORE
CUSTOMER RINGS WITH PEOPLE
WITHOUT GAS."NAT
CUSTOMER RINGS, I DO MORE
"HOW ABOUT THIRTY ON NUMBER
THREE."KRISTA: BUT FRIDAY ...
AS OF NOON .. MORRISON NOTICED
A MAJOR DECLINE IN BUSINESS.
DAVE: "I WAS DOING A CUSTOMER
COUNT JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO
AND WE'RE DOWN 124 CUSTOMERS
FROM WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME
JUST LAST WEEK ON A THURSDAY.
KRISTA: THE CULPRIT? MORRISON
SAYS HE'S SEEN FEWER CARS
TRAVELING THE OLD STATE ROAD
25 WHERE HIS BUSINESS IS
LOCATED .. SINCE THE LAFAYETTE
TO DELPHI PORTION OF THE NEW
HOOSIER HEARTLAND HIGHWAY
OPENED TO TRAFFIC WEDNESDAY.
AND WITH FEWER CARS TRAVELING
THE PATH THROUGH AMERICUS NAT
... MORRISON SAYS HE EXPECTS
FEWER, NEW CUSTOMERS TO STOP
AT HIS GAS STATION. NATDAVE: "
YOU'RE EITHER CONVENIENT OR
YOU'RE NOTHING. WE STRICTLY
RELY ON TRAFFIC AND MOVEMENT
IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR LIVING."
KRISTA: MEANWHILE .. DOWN THE
ROAD AT ROBERT'S AMERICUS
RESTAURANT AND BAR .. MANAGER
JACKIE HARRIS SAYS THEIR
BUSINESS IS MAINLY REGULARS
WHO COME IN FOR A BITE TO EAT.
JACKIE HARRIS: " WE DO HAVE
SOME DRIVE BY BUSINESS BUT
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME
HERE, COME HERE BECAUSE OF OUR
REPUTATION."*** ROBERTS: "THE
OLD CLIENTELE WILL PROBABLY
KNOW THEIR WAY HERE BUT THE
SOME NEW ONES WE'LL MISS."
KRISTA: IN FACT .. WHILE THEY
MIGHT LOSE OUT ON SOME NEW
CUSTOMERS TRAVELING THROUGH
TOWN .. HARRIS SAYS THEY MIGHT
ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE TRAFFIC
PATTERN. JACKIE HARRIS: "I'VE
HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE ON 25 AND
BECAUSE OF THE TRUCKS THEY
DON'T COME OUT HERE AND EAT
BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE
DRIVING 25 BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A
DANGEROUS HIGHWAY AND NOW THAT
THE TRUCK TRAFFIC IS GOING TO
BE ON THE NEW HIGHWAY I'M
HOPING IT MIGHT EVEN HELP
BUSINESS SOME."KRISTA: BECAUSE
BUSINESS OWNERS WANT FEWER
TRUCKS ... AND MORE CUSTOMERS.
KRISTA HENERY, NEWS 18. @#