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07/14/2007: "4Th Crosswalk Is Needed"

Dear Editor:

I write in support of the Town's decision to create a fourth crosswalk at Spring and Blair, even at the cost of eliminating the right-turn lane on Blair. I think it's smart when a community considers the convenience of pedestrians, not just of motorists.

Very few pedestrians, either students or adults, will choose to cross three streets instead of one because of the absence of a crosswalk -- and if they did it would slow up traffic at least as much as the removal of the right-turn lane.

This community pays a lot of lip service to the idea of a "walking town," but it's decisions like this one by the Town Council and the Administrator that help to make it a reality.

Louise Dustrude
Friday Harbor