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Friday, July 22, 2005
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The New Somerset
Somerset is being constructed and recontructed as we speak. After driving around all day surveying the furious demolition and assembly operations around town, I began to wonder if anyone would recognize Somerset 10 years from now; after I-66 has gone through, shifting the development of Somerset from on the South end, to the North; after the Central Baptist has built an impressive facility overlooking the city from some hill on one of the 3 new bypasses (that is assuming that Central Baptist will come, and I am assured by medical professionals that it will); after Burnside has sprawled around it, filled to the brim with franchises serving wine by the bottle; after the new library has replaced the Christian Church and the new courthouse dominates downtown.
I am not sure what to think about it all, but I am sure that the era of Somerset as a small town is coming to an end. The entire road system has been redesigned and every single road in and out of Somerset is being widened or otherwise reconstructed. The new bridge to Monticello will be filled with four glorious lanes of traffic by next year. The new Monticello St. bridge is nearing completion with four lanes of traffic being shifted downtown. North 27 (Lexington Rd.) will be four lanes all the way to the end of Pulaski County and, if the State has anything to say about it, all the way to Lexington. It's amazing isn't it, that road construction (counting bridges) in Pulaski County for the next 5 years is more than the rest of Kentucky combined.
The projects I am most interested in following are:
The new airport terminal - I love the idea of commuter flights coming to Somerset.
The new library - It's time to replace the old one and give it the space it deserves.
I-66 - There's no doubt that no other project will change Somerset as much as this one.
The Waterpark - It will be open by next summer, or so we are told.
Intermodal Park - It's big and supposedly going to attract alot of businesses.
Somersport Park - Currently adding four new soccer fields and a half-dome stage, for concerts.
I am not sure what to think about it all, but I am sure that the era of Somerset as a small town is coming to an end. The entire road system has been redesigned and every single road in and out of Somerset is being widened or otherwise reconstructed. The new bridge to Monticello will be filled with four glorious lanes of traffic by next year. The new Monticello St. bridge is nearing completion with four lanes of traffic being shifted downtown. North 27 (Lexington Rd.) will be four lanes all the way to the end of Pulaski County and, if the State has anything to say about it, all the way to Lexington. It's amazing isn't it, that road construction (counting bridges) in Pulaski County for the next 5 years is more than the rest of Kentucky combined.
The projects I am most interested in following are:
The new airport terminal - I love the idea of commuter flights coming to Somerset.
The new library - It's time to replace the old one and give it the space it deserves.
I-66 - There's no doubt that no other project will change Somerset as much as this one.
The Waterpark - It will be open by next summer, or so we are told.
Intermodal Park - It's big and supposedly going to attract alot of businesses.
Somersport Park - Currently adding four new soccer fields and a half-dome stage, for concerts.
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