To the editor:

As a resident of the area between Eighth and 14th streets on Kasold for more than 15 years, I wanted to give my opinion on this diet plan. I don’t think it is a good idea for the following reasons:

• Many residents in the area are of an age that they probably would not change their form of transportation, so adding bike and walking paths would not benefit them.

• Morning and evening traffic loads can be quite heavy and congested most days. Those proposing this plan should come to 10th and Kasold some morning and see how long it can take to get onto the northbound lanes.

• Another roundabout? No traffic lights? Maybe, but the current configuration seems fine. I can’t recall the last time I saw an accident there. And the school crossing guards do a fine job of keeping the children safe.

Now, let’s talk about semi trucks. Ace hardware, Dillons, HyVee, O’Reilly, McDonald’s, Sysco and US Foods are just some that use Kasold as the shortest path to their next destination. Reducing the lanes and adding a roundabout would make them go miles out of their way to deliver goods.

I have to agree with the Journal-World, it’s not in the majority’s best interest.

Saving money should not be the driving force here. Our leaders have wasted much more on other fanciful projects around town. We don’t need to experiment with traffic flow, only to have it backfire in a few years, and cost even more to put it right again.