A story on the Williamson Road diet plan told maybe half the story (鈥淲illiamson Road to go on a diet,鈥 May 21).
There is another side that needs to be covered.
The 色多多 Business Group (RBG) represents most of the businesses along Williamson. We have been involved with Williamson issues since 2002 and several of us are past members of the Williamson Road Business Association.
Our outreach has resulted in more than 100 Williamson businesses signing our petition to oppose the road diet and advocate for other better improvements. Over 92% of all businesses we met with support our position.
While we support alternative improvements, we are not opposed to the city doing a three-lane test this summer. But we are strongly supporting a list of over a dozen improvements that RBG has advocated for years.
We also question the crash data provided by the city. We have asked for more relevant data comparing their five-year numbers with other five-year periods and gotten no response. RBG feels the data is biased.
Virtually no major improvements have been made to Williamson for more than 30 years, despite calls for the same things year after year. For example, safer crosswalks, traffic light timing, sidewalks, bus stops, public parking, warning signage, and much more.
The Times should do more outreach to businesses and RBG to get a more informative input and a more balanced news story.
If anyone has questions don鈥檛 hesitate to call or write.
