5th Street's 2015 paving, 2016 unpaving, and future repaving.

It's holding up fairly well south of I-Spring Street. Northbound is a different matter entirely.

That's right. We paved this stretch in August, 2015.

5th & Elm paving: Who knew the ADA mandates warning ramps for bocce ball crossings?

The same 5th and Elm intersection in June, 2016:

The question remains: Why pave 5th Street in 2015, only to unpave 5th Street less than a year later owing to a known construction project?

The only conceivable answer is that especially in an election year, only Potemkin facades really matter.