Proper Planning

It takes a lot of careful planning to bring a project to conclusion, especially in a timely fashion. There are so many details that can fall through the cracks. Take for example this road widening near my home. There was a proposal, and public hearings, revision to the master plan, eminent domain proceedings, funding, moving of utilities, grading ... and a hundred other things I'm unfamiliar with. You know, like environmental impact studies, traffic pattern analysis, and storm water management to name a few. I don't really know anything about planning a big road construction project, but I do know it takes a lot of careful planning. If you have a problem, then the whole program can get set back for months ... or even years. In fact, this particular project has been in process for many years. Things have to be done in a certain order, each subsequent step waiting for completion of the one preceding it. After all, you can't start paving a road, before you finish moving the telephone poles can you? Well, maybe you can - as witnessed by the photo below. It seems that if you are in a big enough hurry, you can just pave around the telephone poles and leave them in the middle of the road. I like to call this new section of Rte 124 "The Slalom". It's so much fun to drive.