BROOK PARK, Ohio — Melissa and Nathan Botke live right next to Interstate 71, within walking distance of the proposed site of a new Cleveland Browns stadium.

They’ve been worried about how road construction around the stadium will impact their house, which has been in Melissa’s family for three generations.

On Tuesday night, the couple was relieved to learn that planned changes to roads, freeway ramps and sidewalks in Brook Park won’t require taking anyone’s home or cutting through anyone’s yard.

“The mayor already told us that’s not happening,” Melissa Botke said. “The next was how is it gonna impact us, just our daily lives. Like getting to work. Getting home. Things like that. So we just wanted to see what the traffic plan was and the flow of traffic.”

Neighbors got their first up-c

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