Letters

I would like to thank The Sag Harbor Express for bringing to light an issue concerning most Noyac residents, as well as North Haven and Sag Harbor drivers: Noyac Road and a number of its intersections [“Noyac Civic Council Hears Update on Noyac Road, Looks for Further Improvements,” 27east.com, July 15].

On July 9, Highway Superintendent Charlie McArdle and Southampton Town Councilman Michael Iasilli returned to listen to what our neighbors observed was working and not working after traffic patterns were changed and stop signs were installed.

Most in attendance were quite surprised to hear that monitors have recorded more than 509,000 vehicles have traveled eastbound down this road, which cuts through the hamlet of Noyac, since May 1. Those vehicles traveling down the “eastbound express lane,” which was given a preference, at a steady stream and then rounding the traffic “circle” onto Long Beach causes a backup at the westbound stop sign and still prevents a safe left turn off Long Beach Road.

According to McArdle, this has been a trial, but most drivers realize as they approach the gateway to Sag Harbor that this experiment is not 100 percent successful. We hope Ann Welker from Suffolk County (which owns both the circle and Long Beach Road) will hear our call for a true traffic circle and, as Iasilli suggests, will “reexamine the situation,” and the county will go forward to necessary funding from Ed Romaine and Suffolk County.

Deb Skinner

Noyac

Skinner is a member of the Noyac Civic Council — Ed.