Local street goes down
March 10, 2020
Kenny Schultz
THE MIRROR
Part of Water Street closed between Arlington PIace and Third Street was closed on March 2 in preparation for new senior housing development. The closure may have affected many students and staff as they get to or from school.
According to an article in Point/Plover MetroWire by Brandi Makuski, Public Works Director Scott Beduhn expects the closure to last about two weeks.
“A lot of that will depend on the weather, but they need to get in there to extend underground utilities for the new apartment complex,” Beduhn said.
Student Jared Garski travels on Water St. every day to get to school. “This construction they are doing messed up my whole daily routine. Now I have to take the freeway every day to school and back home which is concerning considering the weather we have been experiencing here lately,” Garski said.
Tech education teacher Corey Opper also had an opinion on this construction.
“Every day I drive to work through town on Business 51 and Division so this construction has no effect on me. However, I do know how much this is affecting many students and fellow staff members,” Opper said.
Another student, Nathan Strasman, has a strong argument about the issue.
“I live right by that area and it is my quickest way to school. Thanks to this construction I have to go around everything and it takes way more time to get to school,” Strasman said.
Larson Lewis • Mar 27, 2020 at 1:05 PM
The closing doesn’t affect me at all since I take the highway every day, but I know a lot of people who do you the street. It was good you had a lot of different peoples opinions on this issue.
McKenna Coyle • Mar 26, 2020 at 11:21 AM
This article did a good job of showing how it has effected students and many others normal commute to places. I like how you asked more then 2 people how they felt about it because it really shows all of the different opinions that people have on it.
Kenny Schultz • Mar 26, 2020 at 10:36 AM
I think it’s great that people have opinions about this because it does change a lot going on around here.
Noah Viegut • Mar 25, 2020 at 1:21 PM
I used to go down that street every day and I was thinking the same thing that garski said in his quote.
Kaitlyn Flanagan • Mar 24, 2020 at 8:58 AM
Let me tell you… they could build a kwik trip faster than one senior house… Closing that street has no affect on me, I usually take the highway to school unless we have bad weather than I take division street. I liked how this was very well put together.
Erich Vanblargan • Mar 23, 2020 at 8:54 AM
It is really beneficial to the article that you included as many quotes as you did. It helps get a better understanding of how the students and faculty of Spash feel about the construction and the quotes are 50/ 50 so the article has a balance of opinion.
Mazie Maluka • Mar 12, 2020 at 1:34 PM
It feels like every year they are doing major construction on a main road in town. So it was great to see my annoyance echoed in not only the quotes but also in the overall tone of the piece.