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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:18 AM

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A cross stands on the west side of U.S. 59 near Shawnee Road north of Ottawa. Along U.S. 59 from Ottawa to Lawrence, the accident rate is 25 percent higher than along similar Kansas highways, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

Will new roadway save lives?

By VICKIE MOSS, Herald Managing Editor

Marcia Servatius wanted to blame the highway.

After all, in 1995, her father had warned about a stretch of road about three miles north of Ottawa. Thousands of vehicles traveling U.S. 59 between Lawrence and Ottawa had worn ruts into the pavement.

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