Just say no
I could not agree more with John Novak’s letter from last week. The Woodford County Planning Commission has shown once again that it cannot say ‘no’ to a development, no matter how little sense it makes.
Troy Pike is already unpassable at Falling Springs Blvd. when children are dropped off and picked up at school each morning and afternoon. Now, the commission is approving a new development and another traffic signal that will help triple the traffic in that area, according to Commissioner Bohannon.
Commissioner Wells, who admits he doesn’t have a solution to the area’s traffic, indicates he went along with the development because it’s not as bad as some of the others that have been proposed.
Is that sound reasoning?
I have an interesting alternative: You can actually vote against a developer who wants to asphalt over Woodford County’s disappearing land. You can encourage infill to solve the housing shortage. Of course, the developer might not make as much money doing that. But why should Woodford County citizens have to pay the price for greed?
Another traffic light? Traffic will back up to the Blue Grass Parkway ramps, which already are the site of regularly occurring accidents.
Citizens can email Kentucky Transportation Cabinet permit engineer Robert Baker with their concerns about worsening the traffic crisis at this location. His email is RobertA.Baker@ky.gov
Lenny Shulman
Versailles