WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018
FEATURES
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oise, dust and re-routed traffic will be the
new normal for the next few months around
city hall, but the result will be a new gather-
ing place in downtown Hermiston.
“Sometimes we understand progress is messy,
and it’s inconvenient, and so we ask for the com-
munity’s patience,” Mayor David Drotzmann said
during a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for
the city’s planned festival street.
The festival street on Northeast Second Street
will extend from Main Street to Gladys Avenue.
Gladys and Main are passable during the construc-
tion period but lines of cones have shifted traffic
farther away from the work area. Construction is
expected to continue until Memorial Day.
CRYPTOQUIP
1) Cones move traffic to the north side of Gladys Avenue as construction gets
underway for the city’s new festival street on Northeast Second Street. 2) Mayor
David Drotzmann, left, thanks planning director Clint Spencer for his leadership in
making the city’s dream of a festival street a reality. 3) The street around Hermiston
City Hall is torn up as contractors work to create a festival street. 4) Parks and
recreation director Larry Fetter, left, digs in at a groundbreaking ceremony for the
city of Hermiston’s planned festival street while city manager Byron Smith, mayor
David Drotzmann and planning director Clint Spencer look on. 5) Attendees at the
groundbreaking ceremony for Hermiston’s new festival street discuss the project.
STAFF PHOTOS BY JADE MCDOWELL
At top: This drawing put together by GreenWorks PC, Anderson Perry & Associates
and the city of Hermiston shows the planned festival street now under construction.
DRAWING COURTESY OF GREENWORKS PC, ANDERSON PERRY & ASSOCIATES, ANDTHE CITY OF
HERMISTON
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