| It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see
what happens when you add 3,000+ more cars onto Louisville streets |
There are serious questions about traffic if the city adds 4,000+ new residents. How many cars are we talking about? Most adults in Colorado own cars. Probably every one of our neighbors owns a car, and some of our neighbors probably have a third or fourth car if they have teenagers or adult children living with them. If we add 4,000 new residents, it's a safe bet that we're agreeing to add at least 3,000 more cars onto our streets. Can our streets carry 3,000 more cars? We suspect you know the answer. During rush hour, Louisville has serious traffic backups. Try any of these things during rush hour: driving any direction in the intersection of South Boulder Road and Hwy 42; turning onto Dillon Road from St. Andrews Lane or 88th Street; crossing Via Appia at Pine or Tyler Streets; crossing the McCaslin Street bridge into Louisville or Superior; crossing South Boulder Road from Jefferson, Short or any other street without a signal light. Can you imagine adding 3,000+ more cars? What plans have the pro-growth advocates proposed for dealing with the 3,000+ more cars? In a word, nothing. You will search in vain in the pro-growth candidates' literature and public statements for any proposal addressing the traffic gridlock their residential growth would bring. There's a good reason for that. Building and widening roads are some of the most expensive projects a municipality can undertake, and Louisville is in no position to undertake such projects. Even if it were, why would we as a community choose to add thousands of new residents, and therefore their cars, so that we can spend millions of dollars to build and widen roads to carry those cars? And why would we do that when no one, let alone the pro-growthers, has explained how adding thousands of people benefits this community, or is consistent with our small-town character? |
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