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Show jflek-Straitfs.. By Jack Wallis After nearly five months of driving haek streets of Vernal, it sure seem-91 seem-91 good to drive up Main Street when it fned for traffic Friday. We thought it uld be a challenge to change our Bew'y acquired driving habits and member where the stop signs used to But it wasn't hard at all, it seemed " getting back to normal. ft is hard to understand why it took so n8 to construct a project as important we business community as our Main ! is. In fact, if it had taken much "8 the cold weather would have ut down the paving until next year. to?n though Main Street is dark at Wt, some of the sidewalks are not box v,ted' and the downtown Planter . tolerate these inconveniences as 3. e can travel through the of town. We have been told it will still be some Main c re 'street lights are along street, because of the time it iideL rder new 'ign1 Ples- The waim can probably be finished by luting them against the cold. The toth orl5 in the two foot inserts next tn J!LUrDS downtown will probably not iron r"1 UntU sPrin8- But we hope the Mvers for the planter boxes come alk i'1 Won,t such a hazard to ''kwalb8 the business district te'lals ems that after five months "W 5th West intersection tpnore signal has refused to go f ben Work- This intersection has ,U)PPed in the north-south traffic flow until a part can be replaced. When warm weather comes in the spring, a final seal coat will finish Main Street. At this time the trees can be planted and hopefully the whole project will be done. When the complete project is finally finished, it will be a real improvement to our community and something we hope never has to be done again in the-same the-same magnitude. It's really going to be nice to be back to normal and enjoy the convenience and beauty of the new Main Street. |