Day 39; Take a long weekend...

The contractor did a little road maintenance this morning to make sure streets were passable, but with the rain overnight, there is way too much moisture for them to work today. With more anticipated yet today or tonight, the contractor has sent crews home for the weekend.

I heard an interesting story today which is normally told to me the other way around. I hear from many residents how happy they are with the contractors and the care/concern that they are showing. Today however, I heard from one of the contractors how impressed they are working here in the Village of Maple Bluff. This particular employee said how tolerant residents are of such horrific conditions. And, in fact he talked about the friendliness; people waving at them, the kind words and gestures. His point was that they NEVER see this kind of behavior........how does that help????

Well, this is how it all fits together.......this same contractor told me how THEY react to these positive reactions and behaviors and in essence they, (the contractor) become even MORE willing to move, help, get out of the way, etc. They get treated nicely and they do even more to make the hassle more tolerable.

I was told of one resident in the Kensington Drive area who has provided NUMEROUS cases of adult beverages for the crew members---for after work!!!. This same resident has even found himself up and in some of the apparatus while working. That is neat. I would suggest to you that such hospitality really pays dividends with the crew members. If you have opportunity, make the crews feel welcome. It does not have to be an adult beverage; but, cookies or other baked goods would also be warmly received. Remember, these guys are away from home for the entire week so any outreach would be warmly received.

On Monday, anticipate the following work:

• Road construction will continue between mid block of Kensington North of Oxford to the point where they left off near Cambridge. [Our apologies for Lake Anderson on the corner of Kensington/Cambridge].
• Water main will continue on Woodland Circle. The south entrance of Woodland at Kensington will remain blocked off. All entrances into Woodland Circle will need to come from the North.
• Also on Monday Services on Kensington South of Oxford will continue.
• They are treating the newly installed water main on Cambridge and letting it "cook". They hope to get the first test sample taken and submitted today. On Monday, they hope to have that result so that on Tuesday, they can begin Water Services on Cambridge Road.

See ya on Day 43!!!