Editor: Re: Woman killed in Hwy. 17 crash, April 16
Monday's tragic fatal accident is yet another heartbreaking reason that the intersection of Highway 17 and 52nd Street needs to be addressed.
Having been a lifelong (44 years) Tsawwassen resident, I have witnessed more close calls at that intersection than I care to remember.
Everyone knows it, and politicians toss it back and forth from Ron Toigo to the Tsawwassen First Nation to Delta, while people continue to suffer and die.
I live on TFN lands, so I am always waiting to turn left to come home from shopping and appointments, etc. I always see drivers behind me swerve into the right turn merge lane to Highway 17, only to whip around the median (which holds a crosswalk) and continue straight across the highway down 52nd Street. It's insane.
Ask any local and everyone has a story about that spot. Better yet, ask our local first responders and the poor families of all involved Monday.
Why can't politicians just drop the fists and come together for once and come to a viable decision in order to save lives? Please!
Curt Chilcott
