EAGLE, Idaho — This story originally appeared in The Idaho Press.
Horns were honked and cheers broke out as Mayor Brad Pike and other city officials obliterated a ribbon on this rainy November Thursday.
Nov. 13’s ribbon cutting wasn’t a welcome for a new business or a groundbreaking for a future building — rather, it celebrated the conclusion of Eagle’s two-year construction project, intended to improve traffic mobility and safety in the city’s downtown area…