(Richmond, IN)--When visitors enter Richmond from the west, the generally do it by exiting I-70 onto what becomes North West 5^th Street.  For the last 14 years, mostly informal discussion has taken place about how to improve that entry into the city.  Tuesday, those discussions ramped up in a meeting of the Richmond Redevelopment Commission.  Beth Fields talked about the scope of the project, which would result in improvements all the way from the interstate to National Road West.  "It's a really large project.  It's going to be a very expensive project.  It's probably going to be a 10-15 year project from start to finish," Fields explained.  The Redevelopment Commission on Tuesday approved funding a preliminary study on the project by a central Indiana firm that should be complete by the spring of next year.  The study would include how businesses along North West 5^th would be affected.