SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) – Main Street in Salem is usually packed with shoppers and lunch crowds. But lately, those crowds have been replaced by closed-road signs and heavy machinery.
“They just kind of showed up one day to do the work out there. It’s been going on for about three months,” said Frank’s Pizza manager Brittany Shelton.
The work is part of the stormwater drainage project on Main and Broad Streets, replacing aging storm drainage infrastructure that is more than 100 years old. Work was originally scheduled to finish Oct. 9. It’s almost November and the street is still closed, and businesses like Frank’s Pizza are feeling it…