To the editor:

Nine months of street and entrance closings, 5-foot high piles of dirt and earth-movers blocking our building and the port-a-potty are now gone. We all can now use the ONE extra turn lane going east, or west, on Sixth Street. Nine months of discounted lunches, scrimping and layoffs of very fine personnel. Nine months of headaches, ulcers, and sleepless nights. Any mother could empathize. However, after nine long months I’m left with the possibility of business returning to normal, not a healthy baby with ten fingers and ten toes.

It’s not that the intersection at Sixth and Kasold didn’t need work; it did and it looks and operates beautifully. My only objection to the whole project was the timing and the complete absence of concern for the businesses affected by the “course of road-building.” As they say, “the devil is in the details.”

Trying to work directly with the supervisors in charge was futile. Appealing to their bosses required lama-like patience. Weekly e-mails, phone calls and visits allowed me to obtain some compromises.

Again, I appreciate the scope of the project and the fabulous result. However, the fact that the city does not ask for input, nor seem to appreciate it, forces those affected to beg for cooperation.

I would ask that whoever is in charge of these projects in the future include in their “quality assurance” profile “willingness to work with others.”

Sean Gerrity, co-owner

Henry T’s Bar & Grill,

Lawrence