Derek Borg is a man of his word. When he says the city plans to do something big, he means it … and then some!
The Princeton (Texas) city manager told me a couple of years ago about plans afoot to reconfigure streets in the middle of the city. It took some time to assemble the strategy, I reckon.
But … oh, brother the city has embarked on a reconstruction project that will be a thing of beauty when it’s done.
The city is tearing part of Yorkshire Drive at the Veterans Park near the old police station. Second Street is being torn up and will be rebuilt from scratch. The city has detour signs posted everywhere.
However, there’s good news to report even as construction proceeds: the signs make sense! Occasionally, you encounter detour signs that seek to guide motorists around the construction, but they aren’t delineated clearly. The Princeton project guides motorists around the work sites easily.
I know because I had to wind my way through all the street work today en route to running an errand.
The work needs to be done. The quality of many city streets, to say the very least, is um, unacceptable.
Borg promised me two years ago that the finished project would make us all happy. Given that he’s been good on his word on the construction that has commenced, I’ll accept his pledge that a better day for Princeton residents lies ahead.