Route 28 in Milton
Milton was the scene of one other violent automobile crash this weekend on Route 28 which has been experiencing an onslaught of horrific deadly accidents.
This MassDOT thoroughfare offers automobile entry between Milton, Randolph, and Quincy and is a frequent supply of unmitigated cut-through site visitors and congestion. Which has a disproportionate impact on our residents.
Folks aren’t simply dropping their endurance, they’re dropping their lives on this lethal street which is insufficient to deal with the present site visitors quantity and infamous for dashing and racing at night time, with very lax site visitors enforcement.
Milton is within the crosshairs of the governor, whereas businesses she oversees fail to behave on crucial issues of safety within the city. Years in the past MassDOT declared Route 28 at Chickatawbut Street (a gateway into the Blue Hills Reservation) as probably the most harmful intersection within the state, but they fail to resolve this hazardous intersection.
Governor Healey is making an attempt to compel Milton to over zone an extra 25% of housing, once we can’t deal with the site visitors that already congests our neighborhoods.
In Could MassDOT held a digital public assembly in regards to the security of Route 28 and no choose board members attended, which is reprehensible and disrespectful to the residents and our excellent first responders.
Milton’s “leaders” ought to have participated and insisted that this assembly happen in individual. Many residents care about this extremely harmful thoroughfare and have questions on what (if any) mitigation efforts have been employed. In November 2024 MassDOT canceled a scheduled assembly with out rationalization.
The identical points that drove our nation’s founders to declare independence from the Crown in 1776 proceed to plague Milton: heavy taxes, weak management, and an overreaching state authorities numb to the wants of its residents.
If Gov. Healey doesn’t do one thing to cease this, we could have extra individuals dropping their lives on this lethal freeway.
Kerry White
Chair, Milton Republican City Committee
Bar advocates
Talking about bar counsel advocates looking for a pay improve to symbolize indigent defendants, State Senator Lydia Edwards says, “…They’ve gotten our consideration.” She provides, “What I’d like to see is them get again to work in good religion, and a dedication from us in good religion to work on a rise of their wages.” (“Pointing Fingers,” July 10).
Bar advocates have telegraphed to the nation’s most opaque legislative physique that they don’t have any religion in them, a lot the identical as over 70% of the Commonwealth’s voters did in final November’s election. (The citizens’s mandated audit has but to happen).
As for bar advocates, the legislature has no compelling motive to “work on a rise” for bar advocates now that they’ve handed the price range and may transfer on to summer time holidays and elevating funds for non-competitive elections to protect their jobs. And when fingers do get pointed for the primary recidivist violent offender, they are going to be on the bar advocates and judges.
Paul Stewart
Quincy
