The Main Avenue Corridor between I-29 and Downtown is one of the principle arterial roads used by folks to travel to downtown.

It's been recently rebuilt up to 25th St. However after that, it's a sorry excuse of a corridor leading to a growing downtown.

Basically, Main Avenue, between 25th and University is a sorry collection of aluminum siding buildings, structures with high turn over or very little maintenance. It has the 70's/80's/90's feel to it when you drive through it. Not too mention it's very cramped, where many buildings come right up to the roadway.

The city should develop incentives to redevelop this section of the corridor and the roadway needs to be expanded to 6 lanes with a center divider, with turning lanes. It should be 6 lanes up to University Drive where the additional lanes turn off/onto University (an additional lane from not having to merge from southbound University traffic and an additional lane to handle vehicles turning south onto University).

I think the area right before University would be a great spot for a large structure supported by venture capital and the chamber for office space for new business ventures in the city. It would also give these growing businesses prime space and visibility. It should be a modern building with lots of steel and glass.

Another idea would be to work the U-haul location to move into the spot that typically holds a car dealership (18th St. S.). It already has an intersection with traffic signals which would be easier for folks driving those trucks off/onto the lot. Plus their current lot appears to be at capacity. Considering that traffic doesn't really flow north of Main Avenue between this stretch, I think the lights could be time to ensure traffic flows smoothly.