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12/1/2010 |
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Lawrence Street under
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On
Monday, November 29th, 2010, the City of Lawrence started
the first phase of the resurfacing of Lawrence Street, from
Maple Street all the way up to the Methuen line. The second
phase, from Maple to Canal St. will be done next year,
according to Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua.
“The price tag for the first phase job is $282K, a
substantial improvement to the city, said Lawrence Mayor
William Lantigua and added, “People used to say referring to
the conditions of our streets, ‘driving from Methuen you
noticed the difference as soon as you enter in Lawrence.’
Soon it will be the opposite,” said Lantigua.
“We are happy that the street is being fixed,” said Reyes
Castro, floor manager of Raquel Market, located at 296
Lawrence St. “But we have not been informed as to how long
the work is going to take and in the meantime, sales are
down.”
Yolanda Rodriguez, owner of 4 Seasons Laundromat, located at
149 Lawrence St. at the corner of Fitz St., have similar
complaints: “Nobody told us about this, and my business
depends on having plenty of parking so customers can bring
in and pick up their laundry,” said Rodriguez and added, “If
they are working at the other end of the street, why is it
that people can’t park here now?”
Andy Wall, Senior Engineer for the City of Lawrence said
that DPW did not visit the merchants individually to let
them know about the work to be done, but placed construction
signs on both sides of the street the day before
Thanksgiving, (Wednesday, November 24, 2910) for the
merchants to know, besides the drivers.
According to Wall, the work is scheduled to be all done,
weather permitting, by Friday, no later than Saturday,
December 4.
Lantigua said that people should not compare the work being
done in Lawrence St. with the fiasco of Broadway several
years ago. “Lawrence St. will be done within the next 7 to
10 days. I wish we can continue with all the city streets,
but due to budgets constraints this is all we can do this
year,” said the mayor. “My goal is to do (pave) all the city
streets within the next three years.”
During his visit to the worksite, Mayor Lantigua had the
opportunity to talk to several merchants and promised that
he will make time to visit with all of them to explain about
the progress of the work.
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Lawrence Mayor
William Lantigua visited with store owner Anselmo Trufel of
Fuego Market located at the corner of Lawrence and Arlington
Streets. |
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