The Town of Friday Harbor will conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Blair Avenue improvement project Wednesday, Dec. 17.
The ceremony gets under way at 11:30 a.m.
The town council, Mayor Carrie Lacher and town staff will be joined at the event by Project Engineer Greg Armstrong of the state Transportation Improvement Board, who assisted the town in acquiring state transportation improvement grants that paid for nearly 90 percent of the $1 million-plus reconstruction project.
“We appreciate the community’s patience throughout this project,” town Administrator Duncan Wilson said in a press release. “While it was at times inconvenient, the final product was certainly worth the wait.”
In addition to replacement of the deteriorated street surface, the project included the addition of new sidewalks, street trees and artistic tree grates, and the installation of new LED light poles with a historic appearance.