A Letter to the Essex County Development and Construction Commission(if it exists)

Dear Essex County Development and Construction Commsion,

I was recently turning onto Bloomfield Ave and when the light turned to green there was so much traffic that I was unable to make my turn onto the street. The cars were so far backed up that they blocked the way into the road. This is ridiculous. Something needs to be done about the traffic situation on Bloomfield. I know as government beuracrats you don't have the ability to think of a solution, but I do. I propose that to eliminate the traffic problem on Bloomfield Avenue you ask the state to ask the federal government to fund the building of creating a second tier to Bloomfield Ave. The road would be similar to an expressway. It would have one exit in each town to get on and off. My studies show that most traffic on Bloomfield comes from people passing from town to town. If you make it so that the top level is used for this purpose it will get rid of over 50% of the congestion on the roads. This would then free up the lower level for those just trying to get to businesses in the towns they already live in. The creation of a "local" lower level and an "express" upper level will be the perfect cure to the traffic mess plagueing Bloomfield Ave. Also, Bloomfield is known for its parking problems. The creation of the upper level would allow access to parking facilities on top of businesses. I don't know how this will work. It probably wont but it seemed like a good idea. I will post my home drawn plans at a later point if you care to see.

Sincerely,

The Hawk

PS to my readers who don't know what Bloomfield Ave is sorry, once we get the federal funding you will no longer have to read about it.