New Albany is a state of mind … but whose? Since 2004, we’ve been observing the contemporary scene in this slowly awakening old river town. If it’s true that a pre-digital stopped clock is right twice a day, when will New Albany learn to tell time?
Sunday, March 26, 2017
This Main Street sharrows symbol feels all patched and forlorn -- and a billboard comes tumbling down.
But just LOOK at that professional landscaping.
Never a dull moment on Main Street, is there? The beautification project is the political gift that keeps giving costing, and the billboard is less of an eyesore as a twisted heap than it was while standing.
I'm waiting to hear "base failure" as the excuse for the Main Street paving failures. (Believe I already have but not sure). I want to remind everyone that if the base failed, it is the contractor's fault. It didn't fail as a state highway. But when New Albany took it over to "improve" it, they dug the road down deep. Deep enough that it revealed the old trolley tracks. Remember that? If it's a base failure, it's the new base. What was the name of that contractor, again?
I'm waiting to hear "base failure" as the excuse for the Main Street paving failures. (Believe I already have but not sure). I want to remind everyone that if the base failed, it is the contractor's fault. It didn't fail as a state highway. But when New Albany took it over to "improve" it, they dug the road down deep. Deep enough that it revealed the old trolley tracks. Remember that? If it's a base failure, it's the new base. What was the name of that contractor, again?
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