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The late, legendary Sports Editor Larry Felser of The Buffalo News would often lead his column with the words “It’s one of those opinionated days,” and so it is for me today. ¯ I sometimes wonder about the New York state Department of Transportation. For several years now it has been attempting to foist a roundabout on this area as a panacea for the large number of accidents occurring at Routes 20 and 60 caused, they say by motorists attempting to turn into the stores, and fast-food establishments in the area. Now the department refuses to lower the speed limit for Dennison Road, which has been the site numerous accidents. It is a typical country road that meanders along with virtually no shoulders and no place to maneuver or park in an emergency. The state Transportation Department doesn’t think lowering the speed limit is necessary on Dennison Road because as their letter states, “the majority of motorists drive at a speed which they perceive to be responsible and prudent for existing conditions.” That makes me wonder what roads they drive on. The letter goes on in typical Albany bureaucratic gobilty-gook to say basically that you can’t tell people what to do because they won’t do it and if you do, things will only get worse. This situation reminds me of an intersection in my hometown in eastern New York where my father as village attorney and my brother after him in the same position worked for nearly 30 years to get a stoplight at an intersection where many accidents, some fatal and others with serious injuries, occurred. Finally, after years of effort the Department of Transportation grudgingly installed a traffic light. So, I would advise Linda Kingsley and other folks on Dennison Road not to give up the fight to get

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