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  1. 1

    Dennis Vandegrift

    Am I the only one that doesn’t understand the quote in the headline?

  2. 2

    Tyler Ward

    They’ve used 99% of the time allotted and have only completed 77% of the work.

  3. 3

    Ashley Reid Stodghill

    What was the reasoning behind the 18 month gap from the time one contractor was let go and another one was hired?

  4. 5

    Tanya Coy Richards

    Government paperwork. You have to file for separation from previous company, time for appeals, put the project out for bid, pick bid, file a ton of paperwork, get permits, schedule work. Then the work can begin. It’s a joke in the construction business, but if Noah had to deal with all of it, the Ark would have never been built. 😂

  5. 6

    Marshall Akins

    A monument to ineptitude.

  6. 7

    Brian Goose Godsey

    Looking at the list of things that actually got accomplished in half the time they have spent on this greenway is about 30-35 million dollars of work. I’m estimating that amount. But I do know that my company and 2 others in this town over the last 3 years has probably done the same amount of work. Outside in the same weather, with the same labor issues, equipment breakdowns, holidays, vacations, people taking off for court dates, sick dog and cousins best friends brother got sick excuses. So I’m tired of hearing about what percent of work has been done in a certain amount of time. We get it !!!!!! No more updates. Finish the job and move on !!!!!

  7. 8

    Dennis Patterson

    Another Trussville project without a schedule, as the Poplar Street re-do had no schedule. In twenty years of construction I learned that most of the time politicians write construction contracts without timelines or “project completion percentage” agreements it was to facilitate stealing public money. Did they not know what they wanted done in this project? If they did, then why not bid it? And why not include a schedule with incentives for early completion, and penalties for missing “project completion percentage” dates? But the worst part: I can’t find anyone at City Hall that takes ownership of this project. It’s no one’s job.

  8. 10

    Sandy Walters Dempsey

    Has he seen what we see everyday?

  9. 11

    Judy Morrow Rice

    Still a eyesore and would love to see and be able to use this place before the lord comes back

  10. 12

    Sheila Isabell Wood

    I will be glad. We used that area often with the grandkids maybe we will get to before they are grown.

  11. 13

    Carson Young

    I don’t see the problem. I like having piles of dirt and concrete slabs piled behind my children’s school

  12. 14

    Cliff Bagwell

    So…. Expect them complete around 2050?

  13. 17

    Michelle Morgan McDonald

    I think ALDOT is quoting Will Ferrell in Anchorman “60% of the time it works everytime”.

  14. 20

    Ron Barbee

    Don’t believe anything The Trussville Tribune writes….It is one of the biggest FAKE news papers anywhere…

  15. 21

    Thomas Leonard

    There is always some setbacks when doing these kinds of projects. When I was in construction there was always a target date…but target dates don’t account for unforseen circumstances.

  16. 22

    Jason Lynn

    What does that even mean??? So the other 23% work? What a bunch of political excuses that no one in Trussville will understand. So I can tell my Boss and clients that I will get 77% of my work done in time but the other 23% not so much.

  17. 23

    Amy Bannick Griffin

    I’m pretty sure it’s a Federal project.

  18. 24

    Jay Sharpe

    I’d like to know how much 77% of the work has cost in 99% of the time…

  19. 25

    Mike Lambert

    All this talk about ” working days” and “calendar days” interruptions from rain blah blah blah. If I remember, it didn’t rain a significant amount for forever. Was it too dry to work?

  20. 26

    Heather Mitchell

    The only setback has been nobody working on anything. Not weather, not a lack of materials, nothing but a lack of work being done because if you can still collect a check and not work, them why lift a finger? It wasn’t until we got a new mayor that anything really began to be worked on. I live on Chickasaw and drive past this eyesore multiple times a day and can attest to the complete and total lack of work being done.

  21. 27

    Frank Roberson

    Oddly specific numbers. I believe about 23.456% of this article.

  22. 28

    Tate McNees

    Should have left it alone. You started on this year’s ago. . Nothing like having concrete under your feet while walking in the woods. So sick of all the fences too. Get it done already.

  23. 29

    Tate McNees

    Can we use 77 percent of it. That would be nice. It’ll be another 3 years before this is done.

  24. 30

    Mark Custer

    I have worked for the city with park and recreation for 16 years now.I have worked in the sports complex all that time.This is a federal gov. project overseen by ALDOT to my knowledge.The first contractor was completely inept!When this current contractor finally got started they not only had to build the original plan but they had to remove almost all existing work the first bunch did.That took a lot of time.There has been work being done constantly but there are places you cannot see from any road,like along the Cahaba river behind the sports complex.When you see the finished product I believe you’ll be impressed.I live here too.Hang in there.

  25. 31

    John Patterson

    I’ve walked it end to end several times. It is a nice walk and will be a tremendous addition to our quality of life here in Trussville. I look forward to its completion eagerly. I do hope and pray that that occurs while I can still walk that far however I was reading about Hoover Dam the other day. Did you know it was completed in 4 1/2 years? The Golden Gate Bridge took 4 years and 3 months. I believe we started the Greenway in 2012.

  26. 32

    Dennis Blass

    6 years for a mile of concrete sidewalk? You are kind.

  27. 35

    Kyle Richardson

    Yes… I’d love to walk my dog on the 77% of the completed part before my 60th birthday…

  28. 37

    Tiki Kirk

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  29. 38

    Mike Lambert

    Federal gov. project overseen by ALDOT. Do we really need to say more?

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