You're not a focal point: Here's what Main Street gets, and what your street cannot have.

Permit me to make this point yet again: If being an "urban street" is right for Main Street, isn't it right for YOUR street, too?

New Albany Main Street project plans approved by city; Construction bids are due by Jan. 21, by Daniel Suddeath

“It’s not like the other projects that we’re working on, as this one will be extremely visible from the start,” Mayor Jeff Gahan said Tuesday. “The aesthetics will be completely improved, there will be traffic-calming measures in place, and the project will be celebrating that whole residential district on Main Street that many people see when they come to New Albany.”

The project, estimated to cost about $1.8 million, is primarily intended to slow down traffic and to transform Main Street from a highway-type of route to an urban street. The design for the project originated from a plan garnered by the Main Street Preservation Association in 2006 ...

 ... Lighting features, historical markers and new curbs and sidewalks are also called for in the plan. Gahan said the project will improve a focal point of New Albany.

“I’m eager to get started,” he said.