Traffic Signals...
It looks as though the traffic signals in front of the new Sendik's Food Market should be in operation by the time of the store's Grand Opening on September 4th at 10:00AM. The work seems to have been progressing very nicely.
That intersection appears to have become more dangerous even though the store is not yet open. Likely the construction itself has caused much of that with restricted visibility once in awhile coupled with gawkers looking at the new lights, etc.
Having seen their advertisements for some of their other locations, I confess that I'm really excited to see our new shopping venue! Of course, Pick 'n Save will get better, too, or it'll begin to slip in volume.
River Lane...
Similarly, it looks as though River Lane is about to be opened with the second layer of bituminous topping having gone down and the paint striping being completed. If the traffic light work involved with that reconstruction is progressing at similar or faster rates, then opening day on Tuesday should be fine.
Hats off to the contractors and village officials for pushing both projects along so nicely. Weather has certainly cooperated.
Waste Management...
I note that our garbage, normally picked up on Friday of each week has been picked up. That would appear to indicate that the company has recovered, at least so far as Germantown is concerned, since it seemed to be at least a day or more behind as of yesterday afternoon.
On that same note, a special Village Board meeting has been called for Tuesday afternoon at 5:30PM with one of the latest agenda items to be added that of a discussion about the termination of the Waste Management contract which would permit retaining of Veolia as the replacement firm for Germantown. I understand this was added at the direction of President Kempinski.
I detected no hint of this during my visit yesterday with President Kempinski who told me that he had talked with Veolia but mentioned nothing of any intent to pursue this action in that conversation.
I may have my facts incorrect, and trust that I'll be corrected if that is the case, but I believe the village's agreement with Waste Management requires a period of five days during which garbage hasn't been picked up before the village has the ability to terminate the agreement.
Harley Visitors...
Our guests from all over the globe seem to be having a great time, and have been very nice visitors. Fortunately it seems that most drivers have adopted extra courtesies and vigilence...and maybe just a little more patience.
All in all, we seem to be headed for another tremendously successful Harley Davidson Anniversary celebration. I've not seen any estimates of the economic impact for the area but it has to be in the multiple millions of dollars.
