Dig it! Up!

Barely a year after we moved into our new neighborhood, the Midtown Redevelopment Authority is undertaking improvements to our infrastructure. Imagine that! We have some money left over after Iraq and after giving it away in tax breaks? Wild!

This blurb was posted on our door:

Construction of enhancements to the right of way and street and utility improvements to A, B, and C streets between D and E streets will begin the week of January 14, 2008. The construction will involve the demolition of the existing streets and utilities along with some sidewalks and driveways, the installation of new streets and utilities, sidewalks and driveways, and the planting of trees. This is a project of the Midtown Redevelopment Authority. Construction will start on your block on Thursday, 1/24/08.

They're spending around $2.7 million. Funding for the project is from Midtown bonds and direct reimbursement by the City of Houston. We have often complained that every highway and major roadway is under construction in this city, and now, well, they're just outside the front door. But no worries. I'm glad to see these improvements. It's already a great neighborhood, but when (if?) they finish, it's going to be much nicer. We're missing too many sidewalks already.

Link to the Midtown Gang here