The front of Jack McCann’s University Avenue office buildings east of Raymond Avenue has been torn up since April. That’s when Central Corridor light-rail line work crews dug up his yard to get at water lines.<\/p>\n
McCann said it was understood the crews would return to repair the broken sprinkler pipes now sticking out of the ground. But they haven’t.<\/p>\n
“They didn’t come back and restore it,” McCann said. “It’s shoddy work.”<\/p>\n
Instead, work crews installing the new transit line are focusing on meeting a Metropolitan Council deadline for reopening a three-mile stretch of University Avenue between Hamline Avenue in St. Paul and Emerald Street in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
By Nov. 30, they’re required to open two traffic lanes in each direction, or face penalties of $10,000 per day.<\/p>\n
Will Walsh Construction reach the goal? Some business owners doubt they’ll get the four lanes open and complete related projects by that date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And it’s looking more and more like if they meet it at all, they’ll meet the “letter of the law” – getting the streets more or less open – rather than tying up all the loose ends….<\/p>\n
…which are\u00a0killing\u00a0business up and down University.<\/p>\n
I’ll urge you to read the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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