Yes, you know the one...at 79th street? Well it isn't actually a bridge but a "detour" while necessary inprovements are being made to East Side as part of the ongoing road improvement projects. As an East Sider mentioned to me this weekend concerning the inconvenience " this is nothing compared to what you West Siders will have to deal with once the BRB goes down" I agree with him, the adventure of winding through charming Wildwood will quickly become unenchanting during multiple runs east during a day. Can't imagine the residents will find the huge increase in traffic amusing either.
Back to road improvements, one of the reasons the East Side project is going down now is to have East Side up and running for school buses (which isn't that far off) If you have noticed, George has tried to schedule construction/excavation so as to not interfere with the buses...thanks.
The storm water updates and improvements are part of the bond issue that was passed a couple of years ago. Apparently there are some (including Alderman DeJong) that believe the rest of the money should be spent exclusively on laying asphalt and not on storm water/equipment upgrades. Must have not attended the pre-election town hall meetings or read the literature distributed prior to the bond election. It was made quite clear the bond money would probably not be enough to cover all roads within WL...oh well, I guess we all have our forgetful moments.
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Sounds like a bubba quote. Did you get permission to use that quote? LOL.
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