TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER: Waste of money pushed by feds

I am writing to express my strong opposition to a traffic management center for Kootenai County. We only have to look to Spokane to see the usefulness of that. What difference does someone sitting behind a screen monitoring traffic make to anything? Anyone who drives can tell you the congestion points. The plow drivers can look out their window to see if it’s icy or snowing and we’d save millions. I was in the middle of nowhere once and witnessed a rollover accident. I was on the phone with 911 within five seconds of that car coming to a rest. Everyone has a cellphone. We don’t need a Traffic Management Center to “coordinate an interagency response.”

This is an absurd waste of money that could be better spent and any board member who votes for it will have shown they can’t be trusted with public funds. Of course, the federal government is probably pushing for this (we know why) so we’ll get it whether we want it or not and a few board members will take the fall like good little soldiers. We’ve seen this show before. It’s great living in a “free” country, huh?

STEVEN PETERS

Post Falls