Totally agree with everything put forward

Feb 24, 2025 1 min read

To the editor:

Thank you Mr. Don Hunter for your recent letter to the Sanibel City Council and staff, which was published in the Feb. 12, 2025, issue of the Island Reporter. You obviously put considerable time and thought into your recommendations.

I totally agree with everything you put forward. When I first saw the roundabout plans, I thought to myself this will be a total disaster. Having first come to Sanibel 30 years ago from New Jersey, I am totally familiar with roundabouts. Drivers do not know or adhere to the rules of the road. They are fraught with accidents and only make traffic congestion worse. Which is why New Jersey has eliminated nearly all of them. And the ones that remain are a nightmare. All of your suggestions are spot on and I believe will work.

Being a full-time Sanibel resident, I’m well aware of the “taboo” words “traffic lights.” But maybe it’s time to consider just one or two at Periwinkle Way and Causeway Boulevard and at the Jerry’s Foods intersection. These intersections could be monitored with cameras and adjusted as traffic dictates.

Thank you again, and I hope the city seriously considers your entire proposal.

Richard T. Harvey

Sanibel