Dear Duncan mayor and council, and Premier David Eby:
Our city's plan for a Cairnsmore-Government roundabout appears to be a case of misdirected priorities.
Surely Duncan council and our province have better, more pressing issues to address than spending an estimated $1.4 million of taxpayers' dollars on yet another local roundabout.
It will take months of gridlock to install, and still arguably not move traffic any faster than the busy intersection’s familiar three-way lights — that also curb speeding.
Safety-wise, when driving Cowichan's overabundance of current roundabouts, it’s clear many motorists still do not understand what a yield sign means.
Roundabout accidents have, will and do happen, thankfully at slower speeds.
Perhaps if our Cairnsmore-Government site was inordinately accident-prone, a calming roundabout could be mulled, along with a referendum.
But for this kind of coin — after observing Duncan’s bike-lane morass, and core-park make-over — we urge our cash-needy council to re-examine its higher-priority list before it’s too late to stop this questionable roundabout.
Yours in traffic-safety priorities,
Peter W. Rusland
North Cowichan
