The Editor,
Re. "Put lights where they're needed" (Letters, The Tri-City News, Jan. 30).
Mr. Paone is quite correct that the engineering staff are spending a lot of our tax dollars in micro-managing traffic control in PoCo areas.
They seem to have an agenda to have all major arteries down to a crawl, from light to light. It used to be a rule to try and discourage left hand turning at intersections and if they are warranted, a left flashing arrow could then help move that traffic.
Now we have left turn signals at many intersections that do not require them and if there's one car wanting to turn left, that car gets the right away first, while dozens of cars sit and wait.
The latest trick at some intersections now is to have the majority of through traffic sitting and idling while the left turn signal is activated, with no vehicles turning.
I can't figure out why they are installing these, other than to slow us down and frustrate us more. Lougheed Highway, which used to be a highway, is now a disaster throughout the Tri-Cities.
You need the major arteries moving higher volumes of traffic - not coming to a complete stop because one car needs to turn left to go shopping.
Gord Hart
Port Coquitlam
