I suppose I should thank the Motor Pool Lady for forwarding the information on to me; as I let my subscription to the local newspaper expire*, I don't get this kind of information easily.
They are going to start construction to "upgrade" the intersection nearest me. In February. It will stretch until August. During much of that time, the intersection will either be closed or sounds like it will be navigable but dangerous (one lane each way, and it converts to a four-way stop instead of having a stoplight and PEOPLE HERE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO FOUR-WAY STOPS.)
The is the intersection I take every morning to go to work. It's the one I use to get downtown. It's the one I use to get to the Green Spray. I'm going to have to re-learn new routes for everything. Being a creature of habit, I'm not happy about this. (Also, the next-best route to get to work has a very ugly blind corner on it: I expect there to be accidents there)
This will also likely mean traffic on my little street will increase. And I will probably have construction noise and dust during the time, as I'm pretty close to the intersection in question.
I guess I better take these next two weeks and start learning the new routes so that I'm not caught flat-footed that first Monday when everything closes down. I probably better make a little sign to put in my car that says "avoid First and Mulberry!" to remind myself not to start driving home on autopilot and then grumble when I wind up having to take a circuitous route to get home.
(* I let the subscription lapse because (a) they dropped several features I had enjoyed, (b) the paper occasionally would not show up when it was supposed to, and (c) it ALWAYS showed up when I didn't want it - my requests for "vacation hold" never got passed on to the carrier. Also, it was pretty expensive for something that was six or eight pages many days, with two of those pages being local sports.)
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