Dear Editor:
Here we go again, another lousy idea from our council.
Firstly, the pictures accompanying the report are a joke. How can you compare a quiet residential street to a busy main street to say the choker lanes are appropriate for Arthur?
Secondly, the picture of Arthur is not a true representation of the traffic, which is usually bumper to bumper with a lot of transport and delivery trucks.
The street in Arthur may be called George Street/Smith Street but it is still Highway 6, a main artery to Owen Sound and cottage country, plus there are three sets of traffic lights between the south and north ends of Arthur, which prevent speeding and congestion.
There is only one lane in either direction so if choker lanes are installed I can just imagine the traffic congestion as the drivers try to get around the choker sections.
Due to the amount of driveways entering Highway 6 in Arthur the choker sections will eliminate much of the curbside parking, which the merchants and handicapped drivers rely on.
I don’t expect council to take notice of my opinion – after all we got an unwanted roundabout on Frederick Street and a median on Frederick at the corner of George Street which eliminated the turning lanes – but I have to get my opinion on record.
Lesley Morris,
Arthur