Stop the roundabout madness

I am writing this letter in regards to the roundabout project for The North End on Broadway. 

I have been coming to Longboat Key almost every year since 1983. We have owned a house here since 2011 just a mile or so from Broadway. 

We have lived here full-time for four years. I do a lot of driving — almost everyday, 90% of the time I leave off the North End and at different times. In all the years of being here, I have never seen a pedestrian having trouble crossing Gulf of Mexico Drive by Broadway — especially since the crosswalks have been added. 

I have never seen a backup of cars having trouble coming out of Broadway or the adjacent streets. I truly can't think of a bigger waste of our tax money. 

I have already been subjected to the lack of common sense that has gone on with the underground power on our road; this just takes me over the edge. Please someone with common sense stop this. 

— Michelle Coates, Longboat Key