Dear Editor,
Do you really want to spend up to $600,000 of your hard-earned tax money to install up to 76 speed humps (yes, I said up to 76!!) on River Road between No. 6 Road and Westminster Highway?
That is the recommendation of an independent transportation planning and engineering consultant that Richmond hired to do a study of safety on River Road.
Sixty per cent of the surveyed residents of River Road voted against speed humps on their road. Over 100 signatures have been collected against speed humps. This is an election year — we vote in our representatives. Are they listening to the people here?
It’s bizarre to recommend to put in 43 speed humps in phase 1 (within 1 year) and then if speed does not come down to 40 km/h add another 33.
Come on, I know we should all drive safely but this is absolutely ridiculous! Don’t bother paying to go on the rollercoaster at the PNE, just drive down River Road instead.
It doesn’t seem to matter what residents think. What a waste of time and money.
There is supposed to be two open houses at Hamilton Community Centre in April 2018 with an accompanying survey. The last survey was disregarded by the city. Let’s hope that they listen to us this time.
Trudy Haywood
RICHMOND
