Entry 3 - Bridging the Shores (5E120)

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Entry posted by Linoa06 · March 27, 2015

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Welcome back to Amesbury! It's been two years since our last entry because well we were busy building an anti-atomic shelter with our bare hands and teeth, and that took some time and the whole city budget drained into dental. Oh well! One month before the City Council is due to change, how's the town holding up?

In 5E118 a bridge was built over the river to carry Burnley Avenue. It is to become the main avenue for the new district, Myrtle Heights. A similar bridge was built north of the freeway to carry Grove Road. Trees! Trees everywhere!

Myrtle Heights during planning and construction. There's a very lonely feel about these empty roads, but not to worry! It's already sold out!

To increase land value in Myrtle Heights, a new park was created : Benson Square. Can you hear the birds chirping?

In early 5E119, Myrtle Heights has become a well-developed district and is home to 4.000 people already. Talk about demand! Especially with the new logging camps and industrial districts springing up everywhere.

A logging camp north of the town is incorporated into the northern district, Belmont Hills, along with new wind turbines. The old wind turbines were stopped, much to the relief of nearby residents.

The Highland Industrial Park was built to accomodate a boom in the demand for industrial land.

Hot-dog factory! Latest polls predict the easy re-election of the incumbent major, while her opponent, McGrumpin, is bashing on the rapid development of the town. What's wrong with villages exactly?!

A north-south street, Wittenberg Street, now carries most of the traffic between Myrtle Heights and Belmont Hills. There are already plans to widen the street.

The city centre is eerily quiet these days... But it's good as far as traffic is concerned! For now...

...And a new waterfront street is drawn, though it does not border the river the way the opposite road does. What a delight to live next to the river...is that pollution over there? Well maybe somebody's gonna have to do something about it! More votes for McGrumpin, polls say.

On the once-quiet Grove Road, residents have to get used to the passing of lumber trucks for most of the day. This will be a key issue for the municipal election.

The shops in the central parts of town have been transformed into 6-story buildings. It might not be the prettiest, but for a soon-to-be-ex-village it's not so bad. Davies takes the lead again!

Main Street is upgraded, too! New trees and a median lane turn it into a busy commercial street. Not something you do with budget cuts, eh?

Some improvements are also made to the initial freeway exit on Main Street so it might carry intercity traffic. Extra lanes are added to the entry and exit ramps and the highway is elevated.

A new exit is built on Wittenberg Street, on the other side of the river to serve the new developments. Davies leads with 60%!

Finally, in 5E121, the Amesbury General Hospital is inaugurated on the unfinished Grove Road. It is the first hospital built in the town. The day after its grand opening, Davies easily won the election and shook her opponent's hand in a gesture of reconciliation.

That's it for now! The tile is now completely built over, so once power and water distribution issues are sorted out, we'll begin to spill over on nearby purchased tiles! In five years we grew to almost 20.000 residents!

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