Today I am requesting that our County Executive veto resolution 11, as amended.
This is no longer about Highway W, that plan was defeated. This is about a new plan, hatched by the County Board.
The new plan uses designs for an intersection designed for 200 cars per day, despite the fact that the intersection will now see more than 2,000 cars per day. The plan will most likely need a significant redesign, and will see a significant cost increase, in order to be safe and effective for this higher traffic volume. Our Highway Commissioner admitted as much at Wednesday's County Board meeting, and the board admitted as much when they sent Resolution 12 back to committee.
This plan also had no public notice or public hearings. The neighbors near this intersection might love this plan, or they might hate this plan. Without having public hearings, so that they can learn about the plan and express their thoughts, we don't know what they think about this plan.
A veto at this point would not be a way to build highway W, but instead would be a way to stop a plan that is ill-conceived and lacks public notice.
