Route 26 Construction Complete

hamm — a sales associate at auto plus and marine on atlantic avenue — admits they were hit hard during construction. you can tell with by sales totals and things like that, and it just wasn’t as busy as it normally would be from previous years when there was no construction track 2 the four-mile project took two years to complete — stretching from clarksville to the east side of the assawoman canal. drainage inlets, bridge replacements and a left center turn lane — are among the biggest upgrades. tom banez — a project manager with del-dot — says they understand the financial strain businesses like auto plus and marine had to take. but — they also say the project had to be done. according to del-dot — an initial needs report for route 26 was first done in 19-99. people see construction out here on the road, and they want to find a different place to go get around it so that means they’re not coming to you know, whatever shop they thought they might want to go to 45 that’s just unfortunately, it’s a growing pain that we have to go through when we do these projects. track 3 it’s a growing pain that is expected to pay off — according to banez. 25-million dollars went into construction and design costs — 80 percent of which was federally funded. when people don’t have to sit in traffic for hours and get frustrated, they can get to their destinatioand they can start to enjoy their vacations and that just keeps the economy pumping, so i think that’s the real added benefit over the long haul track 4 as for hamm — he’s looking forward to the immediate benefits of the end of construction. i think traffic would be a little bit smoother and hopefully people will be able to find us a little but easier track 5 lili zheng, 47 a-b-c during times of heavy rainfall — transportation