Dear Editor:
It is disappointing to learn that the Finance Committee is considering a $250,000 capital request to “mess up” Route 20. This is busy work. Surely the town can find better use for this money. Route 20 is not broken and does not need sidewalks to go nowhere. Anyone looking to stroll up Rt. 20 could more safely do it on the bike path which runs parallel to it JUST STEPS AWAY.
Further, driving small businesses off Rt. 20 does a terrible disservice to all of us who patronize them. They are there, and not in the mall behind them, because they own or cannot afford the rent. The Economic Development Committee should be focusing on fixing the empty mall that is not working. Redoing Rt. 20 to “pave the way to the mall” is misplacing funds and does a real disservice to the community.
Please, please, Finance Committee do not consider this request for funds.
Evelyn Wolfson
Pelham Island Road
