Or, Be careful what you wish for, Dan... ;)

Oh, look! A lily-white politician!

Off the Beaten Path: Well, pretty soon it will BE the beaten path, and that`s what the whole news story is about, folks. Rte 222 has alwys approached Reading from the North and the South, but you had to drive straight through the heart of Reading (and a few suburban areas) if you wanted to stay on Rte 222. For the past thirty years, the locals have been trying to finish the road that would bypass inner-city Reading and make it easier to get around. The construction stopped about thirty years ago when the money ran out, so we have had a road that literally went nowhere. A couple years ago, (maybe even 3 or 4 years ago) we finally got the money to finish the project. I think about half of the construction is done and open for use, but they have a while to go before everything is finished. I mention this because `The Road to Nowhere` is how locals have referred to this road for over twenty years, and if you ask for directions, there`s a good chance you`ll get told go get on it!

Having lived in Reading for a while, I have travelled that road many times...

Couldn't resist...

Mary Anne