Salisbury’s Main Street to undergo major changes

drastically change the way it looks. phase two – which is actually the first phase of the project broke ground today – and that’s where we find 47 abc’s julian sadur with more on this – julian as you just mentioned dave – phase two broke ground today right here in front of the chamber of commerce let’s give you a look–here was the scene just a few hours ago as a crowd of about forty people gathered to listen mayor jake day give a little more information about the project — and then of course the ground breaking ceremony. now earlier today – i spoke with a few business owners about the project – and although construction wont officially kick off until october third – they say they’re already excited for what’s in store. track new sidewalks – new streets – new parking stations – and more are all coming to east main street in salisbury – from the the intersection with route 13 – to the intersection with north division street. upgrades that those like john david robinson – of robinsons in salisbury say are long overdue. i’m really excited, finally that they’re actually doing something, every council, every mayors talked about it before for 25, 30 years, my whole life, this is the first time i’ve actually seen something actually being done downtown and i’m glad to be part of it. track phase two – of the main street masterplan will be – as the city is calling it – an entire street reconstruction project. which means everything from the face of the building on one side of the street – to the face of the building on the other street – will be redone. underneath the streets – the city will begin installing fiberoptic internet cable – and replace both sewer and water mains. the project is expected to take year – and cost 4 point 6 million dollars – but the end result according to salisbury’s deputy director of public works – amanda pollack, will be well worth it. it’s going to be very welcoming, right now there’s no consitency to the theme downtown and once we’re done all the phases it’ll look very nice, you will know you’ve arrive to downtown because it will all look very similar track but the question on many peoples mind – what will happen during the construction – what will happen with traffic we have a contstruction management company working for the city and they’re going to put out constant updates on the schedule, where roads are closed, there are going to be some detours sometimes so you can’t just drive straight down main street all the time track on top of that the city will offer a website that will post when roads are closed – and what detours will be available. they will also have a 24-7 hotline that people with questions can call. now joining me live is the man who is been working tirelessly to make this project a reality – mayor jake day mayor – tell me — construction wont’ start for a few weeks – whats going to happen in this interim. called the main street master plan thought of over a decade ago, by urban salisbury072458 it was always called phase 2 but we decided to build it first, it has the most utility impacts so we wanted to get this done before any other sections 07250 alright thanks julian – that’s 47 abc’s julian sadur reporting there for us. julian – that’s 47 abc’s julian sadur reporting there for us. the social security administration has introduced an expansion of online services for