At So Fresh-n-So Clean Barber Shop on 22nd Street near Tucson Boulevard, barber David Lopez is used to the sound of clippers and shavers. He’s been cutting hair there for about a year and the shop has been there overall for four years.
However, he’s also used to the sound of rushing traffic just feet away from the shop.
“It’s always traffic passing by so that’s always been really good for us,” he said.
However, he’s worried the new 22nd Street Bridge project is going to disrupt that traffic. The City of Tucson says crews will demolish the bridge, then rebuild it. Construction could take up to three years.
“It’s going to help out with traffic and congestion,” Lopez said. “What we’re concerned about is that we’re going to lose a lot of that traffic that is coming back and forth.”
He’s been worried about it since he heard about the project. That’s why he was at a City of Tucson-sponsored meeting about the project a few weeks ago.
Looking at a map of all the detours cars will have to take because of the project, he realized many of the detours go around the barber shop and not directly past it.