Under the heading of full disclosure, I would be in the group of folks that would be guilty as charged.
What’s the charge, you ask?
The charge is doing more than my share of complaining about all the inconveniences the road construction is causing. It seems at every turn one of those orange “construction ahead” signs staring you in the face.
A week or so ago on a Friday evening, Mary and I were sitting outside of Take 16 enjoying the Block Party. It was a beautiful evening, maybe 7:30.
That’s when you couldn’t help but notice the paving crew come back into town after a long, long day of resurfacing County Road 4. That is when I gave pause to the fact that these guys are doing everything possible to get the job done as quickly as possible with the least amount of inconvenience to us, the travelers.
Just last week that same paving crew laid down a new 2-inch overlay of asphalt down Main Street from the Highway 75 stoplight to the Rock River bridge in one day, albeit a 12- to 14-hour day. I think what is more impressive is this is hot dirty work, yet with the shortage of workers in nearly every field, this crew of pavers, truckdrivers, traffic controls got the job done.
These workers and millions of others just as dedicated to their jobs are why we observe Labor Day.
So no more complaining from me.