{"id":207510,"date":"2020-09-08T10:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=207510"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T22:28:44","slug":"heinrich-updates-road-diet-project-concerns-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=207510","title":{"rendered":"Heinrich updates Road Diet project, concerns COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-206744\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HeinrichDwaine-JMCC-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HeinrichDwaine-JMCC-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HeinrichDwaine-JMCC-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/HeinrichDwaine-JMCC.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 Jamestown Mayor, Dwaine Heinrich says, the city is yet to hear confirmation of the contracts being signed between the NDDOT and the contractor, under the agreement with the Main Street Road Diet plan.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, he said the city is also awaiting paving markings to be placed on First Avenue, outlining, the traffic flow patterns, to give motorists direction on how the final project will direct traffic, with new driving and turning lanes.\u00a0 He added that pedestrian crossing signs will also be erected, however, the beacon installation will be coming later.<\/p>\n<p>On another topic, Mayor Heinrich pointed out an increase in the daily State Health Department report of Stutsman County positive COVID-19 numbers.<\/p>\n<p>He said with Stutsman County spiking in COVID-19 positive cases, it should serve as \u201ca wakeup call,\u201d to residents concerning complacency about catching the virus, and to observe safe practices, including wearing face masks, observing social distancing, and frequent hand washing.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also pointed out that due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, that parts have been delayed for the on order City Fire Department ladder truck, still at the factory.\u00a0 He said the anticipated delivery date to Jamestown is in October this year.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded residents to file census forms, and the importance to the city of an accurate count, concerning the distribution state funding to Jamestown, and state legislature representation.<\/p>\n<p>He commented on the recent announcement of a greenhouse business agreeing to locate at the Spiritwood Energy Park, and it being and combination of Agriculture and Energy, on the planned 30 acres of land.\u00a0 He added that the business is estimated to create 120 direct jobs, and about an equal amount\u00a0 of indirect jobs, such as in the trucking industry.\u00a0 He said once in full operation the facility should send six to seven loads of vegetables to markets, each day.<\/p>\n<p>On another topic Mayor Heinrich pointed out that\u00a0 the Jamestown Shriners are moving head with replacing the Christmas lights on the evergreen trees, along Mill Hill, at a cost of about $30,000 plus volunteer hours and equipment assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi)\u00a0 Jamestown Mayor, Dwaine Heinrich says, the city is yet to hear confirmation of the contracts being signed between the NDDOT and the contractor, under the agreement with the Main Street Road Diet plan. On Tuesday\u2019s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, he said the city is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":147437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207542,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207510\/revisions\/207542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=207510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=207510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}