Dear Editor,
The quickest way to relieve traffic congestion between San Juan Bautista and Hollister is to improve the intersection at Highway 156 and Union Road. Expanding the intersection to four lanes, just like how the intersections are at Highway 156 and the Alameda, Highway 156 at Highway 25 and the intersection of Hwy 156 and San Felipe Road. All these intersections have four-lane expansions, so cars can get around slow moving trucks, relieving congestion. But not at Highway 156 and Union it only has two lanes, which creates the traffic jam.
Since the new Highway 156 bypass; between Union Road and Hwy 152, is only two lanes, why do we need a six-lane highway between San Juan Bautista and Hollister? There isn’t a good enough reason to destroy a beautiful scenic route, when the better solution is to improve and to expand Highway 25 and Highway 152, and divert traffic off of Highway 156
We as a nation are finally starting to “Go Green” and preserve our world’s environment. We as San Benito County residents need to protect our prime farmland from the mega asphalt highway!
Heidi Balz, San Juan Bautista
