Traffic headaches a result of overdevelopmentJune 16, 2009 Letter to The Journal News It was a Thursday at 3:15 p.m. I was in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Tallman, patiently waiting for the light to turn green so I could make a left onto Route 59 towards Spring Valley. When the light turned green, the first two of the three cars in front of me turned left and then we played that inching forward game. I ended up stopped under the light in the middle of the intersection. Why? Was there an accident? Was it a holiday? No. It was volume. I want to personally thank Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence for allowing all the downzoning in Monsey to continue. Keep on building -- let's add more multi-family homes (which are really apartment buildings) and more cars, and let's keep refusing to deal with the environmental impact all these people in a limited amount of space are having. It's just more smog to breathe and more traffic to deal with. It now takes almost 20 minutes to crawl from Spring Valley High School to Airmont Road on Route 59. I remember when it used to take five. Next you'll want to build a subway system.
Elizabeth Diamond
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