Letters

Regarding the traffic on Magee Street and the Somerset Avenue area [“Southampton Village Board Looks at Options for Mitigating Cut-Through Traffic on Somerset Avenue After Accident There, 27east.com, January 14], it is so obvious to most of the residents of these areas that changing the “rules” has done nothing but added horrendous traffic to Magee Street and all the other neighboring streets.

It takes a half-hour just to go from North Magee Street or South Magee Street to Route 27. Install a left turn signal on South Magee Street going west to 27, make three lanes (there is room) on South Magee Street so someone turning left doesn’t stop all the traffic going straight to North Magee Street. Stop the parking on South Magee from the shop located right near the Sunoco Gas Station, which causes needless backups and is dangerous to pedestrians as well. Add speed bumps on Pleasant and Somerset instead of the ridiculous changes that have been made or that are being discussed.

And for goodness sake, don’t allow construction of any additional commercial buildings on South Magee.

Audrey Braguy

Southampton