Mark Knows It All

We all know the old joke about Ohio’s four seasons: Almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction. Yes, it’s a groaner. But for the most part, it’s true; especially the construction part. For the past years, the construction season has been particularly aggravating, and it is getting worse. For the last five years, there hasn’t been a summer when I have had to dodge major construction projects getting from my house to work. I have reached the limit. The root of the problem is in the bridge improvement projects that seem to be multiplying like rabbits. For awhile, the bridges were collapsing around us. Now, they are in a continual state of repair. Not that that is a bad thing. After all, who wants to go wahoo off a bridge if it collapses? But can’t they get some sort of a plan where they don’t detour you from one bridge repair to another bridge repair to an intersection widening to a sewer project? Last summer in particular, you just couldn’t get anywhere from here…or there...