Well it looks like some of these geriatric flower children that have invaded Watertown won't be happy until there is a bicycle path the leads to every public transgender accessible rest room. The latest proposal to bring automobile traffic to a grinding halt --- Mt. Auburn St. Watertown. That's Rt. 16, a State highway which is a major thoroughfare used by many commuters on route to the Mass Turnpike and Storrow Drive.
The traffic study and proposals, which cost $69,000, were phase 1 of what would be a three-phase project for the town. A full design for a reworked Mt. Auburn Street would cost about $400,000, according to Councilor Vincent Piccirilli.
But by including designing the street to encourage bicycle and pedestrian use, the town can apply for federal and state grants for the actual construction, which would cost $9 million. Getting funded through those grants can take years, according to Public Works Superintendent Gerry Mee, so the town should start the process now.
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Now, if you read today's TAB, you'll read about possible elementary school closings and teacher layoffs. If you drive down just about any Watertown Street, you might actually think you were driving down Baghdad Blvd after a B52 strike. And yet the Granola Bar Brigade wants to waste $9 million dollars putting bicycle lanes and causing traffic jams on Mt. Auburn St. And let's not forget the energy waste and pollution this is going to cause.
Folks, they have already screwed up the traffic on Arsenal and North Beacon Streets in order to make room for their beloved bike baths. I'd be shocked to find out that more than a dozen bikes a day use either of those paths on a regular basis. When will this waste of money to keep these obsessive Neo-Pagan Fundamentalists end? If they want to practice their bizarre Environmental religion, that's fine with me, but let them stop imposing on the rest us. And let them spend their own money to worship their Orange Azaleas -- not the taxpayers'.
Does anyone know the No 1 reason for the suggested rape of Mt. Auburn St? Surely it can't be just because someone wants to ride his bike on that St; or that someone has a tough time crossing the street at the east end of town? There must be something else going on here--like maybe some people making some big money under the table by being in cahoots with those who are planning to do the work...?
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