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Letter: Boundary Street to be a mess soon

IslandPacket newsroom@islandpacket.com
BeaufortVery soon now, the destruction of Boundary Street as we know it will begin. Our elected officials have signed off on the demolition of the center lane. No longer will drivers have a turn lane, slow-down lane or speed-up-to-merge lane.

Instead, on a highway with a 40,000-per-day traffic count, we will have a landscaped median with palmetto trees, narrower travel lanes, wider sidewalks and no left turns. U-turns will be necessary at certain intersections to get to businesses on the other side of the highway. How emergency vehicles will access wrecks or get critical patients to the hospital, one has no idea.

Yet the city will adamantly tell us that this $31 million project is good for us and the community. It is progressive. It is beautifying. The truth is, small businesses will suffer during and after construction. Drivers will use a great deal more profanity. First responders will wonder what imbeciles took away their emergency lane. And in the end, taxpayers will fund a diminishment of services for very little increase in perceived ambiance.

C. Allen Henry

This story was originally published December 5, 2015 at 8:18 PM with the headline "Letter: Boundary Street to be a mess soon."

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