I wonder how long this is going to take

From Summer June 09

Apparently, over the weekend, a water main blew on Southwest Trafficway at 39th Terrace, between 39th Street and Westport Road. For those of us who travel this, we know it all too well.

They were busy shutting off the water when it happened but check out this picture Monday evening and now, again, Tuesday evening.

Plate over hole?

Check.

Barricades?

Check.

Warning cones?

Check.

Big electric sign to get people over, to one last open lane?

Check.

City crews working on it so the street gets open quickly since it's a major thoroughfare?

Oh, heck no.

So as one writer on Tony's KC blog wrote today, "we have cool sports stadiums for losers, a train station but no trains, a war memorial that loses millions and a hip new downtown entertainment district that will probably last another year or two. Who cares about streets, bridges and sewers? The real estate crowd need to unload some more downtown lofts before KC files bankruptcy."

I'd add that we also have a City Council and Mayor who want to hand over 20.5 million dollars to a developer--on the front-end of the project--to develop a 30-acre eyesore in the worst real estate market in 70 years, since the Great Depression, when we don't need more commercial or retail sites, but we don't have good streets or sewers and other infrastructure.

But I digress.

The question is, how long 'til this little mess is cleaned up on the Trafficway?

Don't hold your breath.