Derby, CT is a small, working-class, post-industrial town with a population which has been stagnant at about 12,000 for more than six decades.
The geniuses over at the Connecticut DOT decided that this obviously meant that the town’s Main Street needed to be widened, by twice the size, destroying a number of historic buildings and uprooting numerous small community businesses in the process. That red stripe on the far left of the “After” pic is the new edge of the street.
Gross
Just one more lane bro. All your problems will be fixed.
This looks like a before after, but in the wrong order
But think of the profits (those go to few individuals, elected people included). Very very short term profits that overall cause a net loss for everyone.
They needed to fix that overhead cable that didn’t meet in the middle.
