THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, January 5, 1996 TAG: 9601050022
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A12 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
Virginia Beach Councilman Robert Dean has it right in expressing reservations about removing trees along Shore Drive to save drunken drivers from themselves (MetroNews, Dec. 20).
As with so many of our roadways, the problem along Shore Drive is much less a question of an unsafe roadway than a matter of totally irresponsible behavior.
In this instance, is it prudent or even conscionable to expend sizable public funds in what would almost certainly be a futile attempt to save drunken drivers from themselves? Lowering the speed limit coupled with increased police monitoring would seem to be an immediate, more-effective and less-costly solution.
Surely there are countless better ways to spend $1 million than the proposed modification along Shore Drive.
BOB SHORT
Virginia Beach, Dec. 21, 1995 by CNB