Kimball Junction traffic is a nightmare
Editor:
Jason Travis’ Letter to the Editor in the Aug. 2 Park Record hit the nail on the head and missed another nail ready to be struck. Has any one been out driving as of late — trying to drive that is, to survive and get home in one piece.
I recall a town meeting not too long in the past where a well-dressed lawyer told all that would listen how his client hired an “independent” company to survey impact of traffic near Kimball junction and how minimal the impact will be. I think if that very same lawyer set in a car trying to emerge from a side road to join traffic across the road on S.R. 224 he will need a sandwich if he did not want to starve. That is just for starters, say you go to Red Rock to buy something, try to join the main road, just try, your good neighbors will rush at you with intent, and imagine you get a timid driver in front of the line at a circle, he/she would not move forward — waiting for a car still on the horizon.
Try to move on 224 and you cannot fathom why the traffic is so slow? Five cars ahead is a driver, way over his head and he/she is on the left lane doing 30 in a 55-mph zone? Off-course road rage is out of the question. Then you slowly gain and get to drive next to the errant driver and what?. Is she /he texting? No way, they are emailing! Like I said, no road rage.
Have you ever driven on 224 toward Kimball and a car will pass you on the right or left with the poor excuse that they will make either a right or a left down the road some 200 yards hence and you are not expecting them as right next to you is a solid line?
Who is responsible for bringing this town which I love to its knees? Our elected representatives? All these wrongs are happening right in front of our eyes, we see it daily we sit in traffic all the time. I am thinking I should start biting my nails again. No, it is hard to do on a motorcycle! I am not even talking about traffic really, but about density, about water, about builders who want to put five houses per acre instead of one house per 5 acres. This is our home and this rampage got to stop, mind you it is not winter yet and we did not have a real winter in a while.
Jack Karmel
Park City
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Ask local vets to offer 24-hour care
Editor:
I am in complete agreement on the subject of emergency vet care much needed In Park City and Summit County. I have had to drive down the canyon to the closest emergency vet care in Salt Lake City, twice, both in marginal snow conditions and one at night. Frightening from all counts.
I suppose I should be blessed that we have any available 24-hour care available for our family members with four legs within a 50-mile radius at all. However, it does come with an ambitious financial cost In addition to a trek down the canyon with the hope and angst that one can even get there in time.
This issue is truly a decision and commitment for our trusted veterinary specialists to rally, come together to form a care program and schedule of their valuable time to serve our most loved family members. A highly valued and needed service rewarded with safe healthy pet members that otherwise could not hang on with a 30- to 40-minute ride down canyon for help.
I, too, encourage all those who support this idea to weigh in with thoughts and stories. Our furry family members rely on us to make this idea happen.
Leslie Howa
Park City
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Get smart about water usage
Editor:
I want to congratulate Park City Water for implementing the WaterSmart program. I signed up online for this program after receiving an email from PC Water. The program allows the user to see their water usage in real time, day by day, even hour by hour.
It even compares your water usage to your neighbors. This feature is fantastic because once I reviewed it, I found out I was using a lot more water than my neighbors. I called the water company to see if there was a problem because I didn’t think I used very much water. They told me to look at the hour-by-hour usage online and sure enough there was water usage non-stop, every hour of every day which indicates a leak. After further investigation I discovered that I had one leaky toilet and a hot water heater that was leaking. These two small leaks accounted for over 100 gallons of water a day wasted.
I had no idea such small leaks wasted that much water.
I made the necessary repairs and now my water usage is below the most efficient water users in my neighborhood. I encourage everyone to sign up for this program and monitor their water usage, you might be surprised with what you find out and you can help save water!
Cal Regan
Park City