RE: Hillsboro Boulevard Lane Elimination

Dear Editor:

OK, let me get this straight – as I am curious if I am the only person who does not understand.

Years ago, due to “beautification,” Hillsboro Boulevard east of Federal Highway had lanes removed. Wow, after planting the wrong plants, removing and replanting it is just so beautiful (sarcasm), but the traffic is unbearable.

Some days, weekends being the worst, it can take up to seven minutes to pull out of our neighborhood (Little Harbor) due to the fact that the City will not put up a blinking light on the signage that reads “Do Not Block Intersection.” This is continually blocked.

NOW, I am reading that west of Federal Highway, they want to remove two lanes due to the fact that they do not want pedestrians crossing a broad expanse of concrete. Really? People should NOT be crossing EXCEPT at crosswalks anyways. That is the law. Anything else is jay-walking. Besides the fact that, at a crosswalk, a median cannot be there, there needs to be a direct passage for visual safety.

So, can you please explain why this is needed?

Deerfield Beach [also] wanted more revenue from our beaches. Well, for this, local residents suffer. Try standing on the corner of 12th and Hillsboro and watching on a weekend. Congestion, pollution and major road rage. Our quaint little city has now become a mess of tangled traffic, no longer the nice little town most of us were thankful to live in. I, personally, am saddened to see what has happened to the beautiful city I grew up in.

Dana Wade

Deerfield Beach