EDDC To Close West 4Th Street For Some Reason

Following their successful shutdown of West 5th Street between Peach and State Streets for the last three years, the Erie Downtown Development Corporation announced that they will be closing West 4th From Peach to State for an indefinite period of time. According to CEO Drew Whiting, this is being done to facilitate the building of “some stuff.”

“We have no concrete plans at this time.” admitted Whiting. “Maybe some apartments, a sub shop; maybe even an indoor frolf arena. I dunno.”

When asked how long the streets would be closed, Whiting shook his head and replied, “Frankly we could be looking at a few years. Truth is, we kind of enjoy having the ability to block downtown travel.”

Whiting went on to say that plans would be more solid if former EDDC head John Persinger was still in charge. “We miss Percy around here.” he said. “He just took off to Australia. He doesn’t call. He doesn’t write. I mean would it kill him to pick up the phone once in a while?”