The Portia Bridge

1. During one of the Sunday Meetings, Gale will announce that the city is going to fund a bridge to Sandrock. The next day, go to Town Hall to discuss the project with the key players:

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  Gale: There you are! Now that everyone is here, let's get down to business. First, I need to emphasize just how important this is to Portia. Once we have connected Portia to Sandrock with this new road we will become the de facto transportation hub between Vega 5, Sandrock, and Walnut Groove. That's an envious place to be in! This here, is Mint. I've known him since he was a pup. He's one of the best engineers around and will be leading this project. Mint, if you please.
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  Mint: Hey everyone. Let me give you an outline of our objectives for the Portia part of the project. Broadly speaking, there are two phases to this project; In phase one, we'll start the road from Sandrock as the terrain there is easier for construction. During that time, we need the Builders here to complete a bridge across the Portia River which will connect us to the desert.
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 ...When that is complete we will move on to phase two, where we will construct a rest stop along the southern bank of the Portia River.
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  Gale: We're going to call this new town South Block! Not too original, I know, but it'll be a place where all the travelers can rest and enjoy the view of Portia.
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  Mint: We're working with Albert of A&G Construction to build the bridge and South Block. I'll be leaving for Sandrock in a couple of days, then Albert will be in charge of the plans here.
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  Albert: Righto! I've pretty much worked with everyone in this room before, so I reckon this will be as smooth as a water troll's butt. As for the Builders, I'll be posting the bridge commissions in the Commerce Guild from tomorrow.
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  Higgins: Why don't you just give me all the commissions? I can do it all.
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  Albert: I keep on tellin' you mate, there's more to life than just work...and that would be against guild rules anyway.
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  Gale: Ahahaha, I'm so looking forward to this! Good luck everyone!

2. Albert will also send the following letter when the commissions are ready:

 The Mayor has decided to get the ball rolling on building a new road to Sandrock through the Eufaula Desert. Before this road can be completed, we'll need to build a bridge across the Portia River, to the desert. I've posted several commissions regarding the bridge on the Commerce Commission board today, go take a look. There are more, but I'll tell you about that later.
4. Visit the Commissions Board and accept as many commissions as you can. Complete them until the Portia Bridge is finished. Note: These commissions unlock new diagrams for new assembled items and provide respectable rewards upon completion:

5. Once the Portia Bridge is built, the Eufaula Desert will be accessible and Gale will invite you in a letter to come to the ribbon cutting ceremony. Be sure to attend.

 I am happy to inform you that we've completed the Portia Bridge leading into the Eufaula Desert. This is a key piece to our plan to build a road to Sandrock. We will be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow, please drop by!}}