Department of Transportation Project Manager Dawn Coffin said the paving project should be completed by the end of the month. At the Cardinal Restaurant near the bridge in Hancock, waitress Nadine Leighton said construction cones have periodically shut off access to the store and most motorists hesitate to stop for fear that they ll miss a chance to get across the bridge.
People are afraid to get out of line.
After the dust has settled from grinders, pavers and diggers, Pottle said Route 172 will likely be transformed from a strip of potholes to a speedway. Despite the inconvenience, this year s additional projects were not scheduled by oblivious road engineers, but rather in part by a special video camera. The data is cataloged by road history, level of degradation and traffic rate and location. Under this pavement management system, every county is then assigned annual projects based on a balance of its immediate and long-term needs. All projects are scheduled for completion this fall except for the Aurora project, which is scheduled for completion in fall 2000.