Now I was born at night, but just not last night and sometimes I appear to have gone to night school during the day, but can someone please explain to me the "Jungle of Lights" theory at the intersection of Main and Pleasant Streets in Athol? (Ath-awl) As the person in town who has probably watched that intersection the most in the last five years I am truly astonished at the amount of traffic lighting it will take to allow traffic from Pleasant Street onto Main Street, left or right.
Now if you are familiar with Tatnuck Square in Worcester, Mass (Woo-stah) then you probably realize there are more lights at Main and Pleasant! Now one would have to think during a fine New Snow storm it will be a wonderful event trying to stop and then start on Main Street near the CVS store. Also where is the traffic study on the impact to The Daily Grind, Dennis' Citgo and CVS? There isn't one! I will not be able to get cars in and out of the parking lot for a "turnover of TO-Go Coffee" because traffic will be backed up at the Pleasant Street side or in the front entrance on Main Street!
Another brain storm is when the lights are ready to be used they will be turned on "Flashing" to get people to recognize they are there. Now pardon me for not being a traffic safety engineer, nor have I ever played one on TV, but for the life of me, those lights have been hanging in the air since October. I think everybody pretty much recognizes they are there! Furthermore why if the intersection is so congested now are we going to "flash" the lights for two weeks? Who goes now, nope its my turn , ROAD HOG!! BEEP BEEP. For cryin-out-loud people. Turn the lights on and let people learn to deal with the ACTUAL traffic pattern!
