As the success of the Isaacs Street construction becomes apparent, Walla Walla city planners have decided to expand the project to include every road surrounding Whitman. Otis Street, Boyer Avenue, East Alder Street and Stanton Street will soon be engulfed by their own rubble, and students can look forward to hearing the sweet melody of jackhammers and inhaling the dust of asphalt in the comfort of their own homes.

“There have been no inconveniences for cars or pedestrians with the construction on Isaacs, so the city thought it would be a great idea to redo other streets surrounding Whitman,” said Rod Desine, a member of Walla Walla’s city planning committee. “Google Maps also does a fantastic job of accounting for construction, so we have no concerns about visitors getting lost or having difficulty finding parking.”

The Whitman administration has been so impressed by the road construction that they’ve been inspired to do some construction of their own. The school recently unveiled a plan to add four new residence halls with their own unique cafeterias. The new buildings will be behind North. Because of the convenient location of the future dorms, administrators predict that no one will want to live in any of the existing residence halls on campus, rendering them obsolete by 2020.

The new construction is set to begin over Spring Visitors’ Day in order to show prospective students the city’s commitment to beautiful roads and buildings, as well as to encourage them to explore the outskirts of Walla Walla, where they will most likely have to park.