Residents of Troup Street have been dissatisfied by ongoing construction to replace waterlines and service line connections along the street.
According to the Bowling Green city website, the construction was scheduled to end in November, but right now, the construction shows no signs of completion. In the past week, construction workers have been digging into the ground, likely to access the waterlines. The holes on the street have been filled with gravel, but the street itself is still rough and unpaved.
Troup Street resident Page Turrittin, University senior, said, “One of the construction workers told us it was supposed to be done around Thanksgiving, but now it doesn’t look like it’ll be done until January.”
Hallie Benson, a senior and Troup Street resident, said the construction has been inconvenient for her. She said she never knows which side of the street is closed, so it is difficult to get to work or class. She also said the construction is loud, making it hard to get rest on days she can sleep in.
Benson also said she and her roommates were never told the construction was happening. The only notice they received was a boil water advisory — a notice from the city that water might be contaminated — which they received a few weeks after the construction had started.
Benson said, “It would’ve been nice to know that they were going to be tearing up the street.”
Similar construction took place earlier in the year on Manville Avenue; however, the residents spoken to were not as frustrated as the current residents of Troup Street.
One Manville Avenue resident said he was retired, so the construction didn’t bother him at all.
Another resident, Robert Ketner, said the construction “slowed things down,” but overall, Ketner was unbothered by the construction.
However, residential spaces are not the only buildings that line the Troup Street construction zone.
A parking lot and two University buildings, the Tucker Telecommunications Center and the Social Philosophy & Policy Center, are also on Troup Street.
According to the University’s website, the TTC is the University’s television station and is used by students to study media and telecommunications.
The parking lot is a student lot and is heavily trafficked.
