Seeing as there has always been a dedicated lane, for
those wishing to turn south on Newman Ave, from Central, I, and
undoubtedly others, rejoiced at the widening  of  the left-turn only
lane for those travelling either north on route 152, or taking a right
onto Pine St. The widened lane, now spacious enough for two cement
mixers to sit abreast, I assumed was not yet bisected by a white line,
due to poor weather, and would be soon painted, to alleviate any
confusion, as to which side of the widened lane one should orient
themselves, as they either proceeded north on 152, towards Attleboro,
or briefly north on 152, and take a right onto Pine St. I was amazed
to see the widened ($$) section of the intersection now negated as a
bulbous, lined ‘no man’s land’ My head is still spinning!

Why spend the funds to widen this part of the road, ostensibly to ease traffic flow for
those going north on 152, and east, onto Pine St., and then make it
legally unusable? Waiting times at this intersection are understandably long, owing to
the need to accomodate drivers travelling in different directions, and
those approaching from Central Ave., who intend on travelling north on
152, have historically had to deal with long lines, which inevitably
lead to waiting through several cycles of the traffic signal, before
being able to proceed.

One would think, in these times of belt-tightening, and precious
resource conservation, those we entrust to make the kind of decisions
that impact us all, would have taken more time, and thought, before
implementing,such measures, which have only wasted some of the funds
alloted for these improvements, and will, in the long run, have a
negative impact not only on safe, efficient traffic flow, but the
environment as well. I’m also curious as to the pressing need for
brand new curbs, have the old ones possibly worn out? I think not. On
the plus side, at least the town of Seekonk saw fit not to obtain the
new curbing from China.

Respectfully,

Rick Tefft
29 Brewster St. Seekonk