We don’t need that roundabout

I am temporarily giving up my policy to never hopelessly complain again to City Hall just like a lot of my fellow citizens have.

The proposed installation of a roundabout on Richardson Street at the junction of Cowichan and Runnymede has pushed me over the edge.

This is the most foolish waste of our tax dollars yet. More bike lanes along Richardson is another expensive waste of our tax dollars.

The problem is speed and careless behaviour of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.

I have been in the neighborhood for 80 years and the only problem I see is speed and the use of communication devices while driving.

I have also given up on traffic policing. City police do not have the resources to monitor traffic on a constant basis.

They need a mandate to form a traffic control division of at least four new traffic-trained and fully qualified police officers. They do the best they can at this time with the staff they have been alloted.

Education of existing rules of the road needs to be established for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians like Steve Wallace does with his column every week. Thank you, Steve.

Police presence on our roads day and night will help to deter improper behaviour by vehicle drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.

Ed Brown Victoria

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