Construction Chaos Leads to Eighth Street Upgrades by: TRINITY WHITEFORD staff writer Road construction is a common source of frustration for anyone who has to drive any distance in their daily lives. Traverse City residents have dealt with quite a bit of construction in the past year or so. Remember the major delays during the recent U.S. 31 construction in Eastbay Township? Ugh! From Front Street to South Airport Road, and more recently Eighth Street, both commuters and businesses have been inconvenienced by the construction. Unfortunately, road construction will remain a part of our lives and stress levels until we take to the air with flying cars, or is it flying pigs? We tend to forget that there is more upside to road construction than the day it is finsihed. The new improvements to Eighth Street are definetly an upside for TC travelers. Among those improvements are: - Bike Paths - Mid-road blocks - Stop signs - Redone sidewalks
4 // BGQ // October 2019
