To the Editor:
I have lived in Pennington / Hopewell Township since 1991, and am troubled by the deteriorating quality of life in the region. While I support the earnest initiatives of the County, Borough, and Township to study and to improve traffic safety, more can be done.
Increased housing and retail development, inadequate and aging infrastructure, together with rapidly increasing heavy truck traffic on Rt.31 exacerbate finding solutions to significant traffic and public safety concerns.
Accordingly, prudent integrated policy decisions on land use, investment in improving infrastructure, and stronger regulation and enforcement of existing traffic safety law in cooperation with federal, state and county governments, will prove to be more effective than important, but inadequate, education and public awareness campaigns.
For example, operating times for heavy truck traffic on Rt.31, increasing rapidly with warehouse expansion and proximity to I- 295, should be regulated; and more effort should be made to enforce speed and weight limits. Such action would significantly improve traffic congestion, pedestrian safety and environmental concerns.
Respectfully,
Darryl G. Greer,PhD
Pennington, NJ
