I spoke to a contractor who told me they should be achieving at least 500 feet of sidewalk per day.
Could these be Obama "Shovel Ready" Workers instead?
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This was merely a sidewalk project? With all the equipment and such you'd think they were replacing water mains and sewers as well! What a mess!
ReplyDeleteDid you speak with the Contractor who won the bid or a Contractor who does not know the circumstances of the project he perceives as "slow"? Jobs of this type are generally put out on bids. Perhaps that is where this story should start. What it appears may not be what it is.
ReplyDeleteI am not excusing it, but they are doing drainage projects first.. then side-walks... I wish they would speed it up.. the drains are getting installed now--so hopefully the can start on the easier stuff and get that road paved soon
ReplyDeleteYeah i cant even walk on the sidewalk for months and almost got hit by a car.
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't appear to be much different than the Naylor Mill extension on the west side of town (in the county)...that project doesn't look like it has had any progress for months either.....
ReplyDeleteI own a buissness there and we are losing thousands, but everyone knows the mayor is anti buissness, guess its part of his plan.
ReplyDeleteI pass the sidewalk construction inconvenience daily an I agree with you, then you made the suggestion that the President could be at faul???t ....The hate runs deep huh
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ReplyDeleteSurprize"s me that the companies are keeping quiet. I would be all over city hall.
ReplyDeleteIt's about correcting the storm water drainage that's still a mess
ReplyDeleteThis is a total PITA - they tie up traffic (one lane) at 5pm is no fun, looks horrific, and for it to just be a sidewalk project why in the devil must it take forever and go on and on.
ReplyDeleteYou think this is slow? What about the west side collector road extension to connect to Levin Deshield rd? They built the bypass in less time that that short run of road! I bet it's been 4 years in the making.
ReplyDeleteyou can thank omalley and conway for this. conway took the counties road money and gave it to Baltimore and DC for light rail. Wicomico had borrow money to replace what was taken to do the next phase of this collector.
Deleteyou just keep voting em all in, enjoy the rewards! ....i mean debt
Even when they get the storm water drainage supposedly corrected, is it still going to flood? My bet, YES.
ReplyDeleteThey must be on a Obama golf break.
ReplyDeleteone thing everyone needs to know is that a company can start a job and then they will start adding more on and call it a change order then one after another change, order change, order change, order then a project that started out maybe 250.000 is now up to about 2.5 mill with all the change orders they have to install. that is how a lot of company's get to screw the state and city out of money
ReplyDeleteBusiness owners who are affected;get together on this and get a law firm on it right away.DO NOT get a local firm.
ReplyDelete7:22 - What's your business? Let me know so I can never shop there again and tell my friends, family, and colleagues as such too
ReplyDelete7:22 What does the mayor have to do with a state project?
ReplyDeleteIt's a State Highway project and the City has nothing to do with it.
ReplyDeleteMust be a union job and they are paid by the hour.
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ReplyDeleteWhy would you boycott a business speaking out and being honest? Local good ol' boys club leader, are you? This town has been in a spiral down the toilet for years. We all watch and hope for better but with liars, cheaters and morally corrupt leaders....what do we expect?
-countrygirl@heart
its NOT a sidewalk project... its hundreds of thousand of dollars in drains and proper run off. they work every single night. it started in front of taco bell runs to college light. once finished going back north from college.
ReplyDeleteNights? ?? = Overtime for whoever owns yhe company......yup the good ole boys.
Deleteha stop complaining i am one of the workers out there we start at 800 thirty min coffee break at 1000 lunch from 1200 till 200 smoke and drink break at 300 and we leave at 400 for local bar i love my job
ReplyDeleteIllegal mexican.
DeleteSalisbury Is full of illegal aliens in the construction industry and the restaurants, where is I.C.E ?
ReplyDelete2:14 It will stay that way (and needs to) until you start raising children that have an ounce of work ethic. The trash that's coming out of the public AND private schools here is a joke. Zero ethic, zero respect, zero common sense. So, yes, keep the HISPANIC labor coming.
ReplyDelete8:50 AM You footing the Lawyer Bill
ReplyDeleteLOWEST BID = SLOWEST WORK!!!! You get what you pay for!
ReplyDeleteThere are more problems in Salisbury then worrying about what a sidewalk looks like!
ReplyDeleteI just walked by the sidewalk project in Cambridge. Their making progress, but none of the 4 workers were speaking english!
ReplyDeleteThat's correct its a state project city has no control of it!!! Find another person to blame instead of the Mayor or County....time for you sad sacks to find another horse to ride for your troubles!!!!
ReplyDeleteCounty working in the city???
Deleteyou should see my sidewalk.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we all support the businesses being affected and help keep job and support our local businesses until this is over and things are back to normal.
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