Dear Editor,
I would like to address the Great Bend City Council, and City Administrator Howard Partington,
Over the years there have been numerous articles printed in the Great Bend Tribune about the intersection of Broadway and Harrison.
I have lived here since 1959 and as long as I can remember there has always been a stop sign there for the north and south bound traffic.
Over the years, the city of Great Bend has installed traffic signals at the following intersections: 10th and McKinley, lOth and Harrison, lOth and Frey, 24th and Main, 24th and Washington, Broadway and McKinley, Broadway and Patton Road, lOth and Grant, Broadway and K96, lOth and K96 — and at all of these intersections there used to be a stop sign. We installed traffic signals at all of these intersections to make the movement of traffic a lot easier.
Now, Mr. Partington you have stated in the Tribune that having traffic signals at the intersection of Broadway and Harrison would make it easier for parents that have dropped off there kids at the middle school, that it would make it easier for them to get on to Broadway. Not only will it help them, but it will help all of us that have to wait behind the backed up cars at this intersection.
And also you have stated that the intersection is not a problem the rest ofthe day.
I would disagree with you.
This is one of the busiest intersections in town that does not have lOth Street traffic on it,
You should be there before 8 a.m. or 12 p.m. or at 5 p.m.
This intersection carries a lot of traffic. And a traffic signal is defintly needed.
You also stated that it would cost the city of Great Bend around $200,000 to complete this project. If it were legal to stand at that intersection and ask for donations from every one that has had to wait their turn, and sometimes it seems forever, you would have all the money that this project would need to be completed.
David Doonan,
Great Bend