Seems I'm not the only person who's been annoyed by the seeming lack of progress - indeed a total lack of work, period - on the River Road storm drain repair near Potomac Village. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the work started some months ago and was going great-guns until, suddenly, it stopped cold in October. The workers disappeared, not to be seen again until this week when I spotted a lone construction crew guy and somebody operating what I'd call an excavator or mechanical shovel or similar thing.
Over the weekend I saw this in the Potomac Almanac and it caught my eye. Seems other folks in Western MoCo who rely on River Road are getting fed up by the glacial pace of the work, and the resulting traffic tie ups morning, noon and night.
I like the following quote by Potomac Elementary PTA head Diana Conway, whose frustration is palpable: "'It's a failure of thinking, of forethought (by SHA), of not thinking of the unintended consequences of a project,' Conway said." I'd say that's almost an understatement, given the lack of outreach and communications by the MD State Highway Authority.
Who knows? Maybe a little public pressure is exactly what's needed to get things started on this project once more.
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