Public safety at risk

Dear Editor:

I recently spent a lot of time in the area of new construction on Highway 6 through Fergus and was totally dumfounded at the lack of manoeuvring space that now exists.

Whoever designed all this must have gone to silly school. I can’t put it any other way. It gives foolish people everywhere a bad name. The designers have put public safety seriously at risk, in my opinion. 

The most notable problems are the total lack of space for vehicles to safely pass in opposite directions. Then the turn-in points to houses and businesses are way too narrow. Vehicles have to go on the wrong side of the road to get in and out, which means you have to wait for a gap in traffic both ways to do it safely. 

Delivery vans have to just stop and block the road to deliver packages, as there is no space to pull over. There is no room whatsoever for vehicles to pull over and let emergency response vehicles pass.

If you do ever manage to park in the very few spaces, there is no room to open your door and get out. There have been a few accidents already, I was told. The same applies to trying to get back in your vehicle.

The only saving grace at the moment is the fact that the road surface is so rough in places that it is slowing vehicles down somewhat. It is not all quite finished yet, so there is a chance to alter things, but will “they” have the sense to do that?

Mac McCulloch,
Fergus