Urban Core Construction Update - November 2009

[JaxNeedsHelp]

Deco Bistro looks awesome!

[Reaper man]

Am I the only one that hates how they have main st set up?  I bloody hate medians, all they do is get in the way of turning left. Roads are supposed to be for driving and getting from point A to point B is the most efficient way possible, not to look "pretty."  I can only imagine the amount of gas that is wasted each year trying to get around the damn things.

[strider]

Main Street - if it were not for those "hated" medians, Main Street would never have gotten done.  It is a state highway and the state paid for much of it so the state got to say how it got done.  Now, accept the medians for what they should be....where the future street car tracks will go!  Meanwhile, as Main street grows commercially, parking options will have to be addressed.  The medians may make/ force Main Street to be more walkable in the end.

The Court house....too bad the contractors can't be forced to use the legal workers who are here in jacksonville and have the experience.  We know many who have applied but the illegal ones work cheaper.....even in todays depressed rates... the word was put out long ago that you could apply but would not get hired as the vast majority of the workers would come from other areas...we keep seeing the reports of the crackdown on illegals but none of the guys we know get called up.

[sheclown]

Re:  the courthouse...

And so in the meantime, instead of working, the men who live here and have worked here all of their lives, are watching the city use illegals and other workers from out of town. 

In these times, it is a bitter pill for these hard working men (and women) to swallow.  It will not make a stronger Jacksonville, that is for sure. 

[JaxNative68]

If you want local workers, you need to hire local general contractors!  Something the city did not do.