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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — WPTV listened to concerns about a proposed corridor in Port St. Lucie.

A two-lane road in the Torino and St. James neighborhoods would create an east and west corridor in the fast-growing city.

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The open field where the roadway was proposed has been a sanctuary for neighbor Jeremy Rouse.

“This is all we have left of the original Torino,” said Rouse.

In the 2040-2050 long-term city mobility plan , the area showed a new proposed two-lane road, a northeast bypass, from Glades Cut Off to Oleander Avenue.

“We enjoy the peace, the nature,” said Rouse. “This street cutting through would honestly just destroy that for us, and destroy what

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