Lynda Surles

October 17, 2002

Dear Access Board:

I am writing to request that you do not adopt the proposed rules that you sent out June 171 2002. They need a lot of revision.

It is important to me and all taxpayers that we do not require transportation departments to spend a lot of money uselessly. Nobody wants to hear a lot of beeping and buzzing at intersections, and blind people do not need it. There should be no audible traffic signals anywhere. Those that are already installed should be removed. If an intersection is complex, you are aware that there are vibrating signals which provide better information to the blind without interfering with traffic sounds. Audible traffic signals are not needed at basic intersections.

Detectible warnings underfoot are not needed unless there is no difference between the level of the sidewalk and the level of the street. So let's save that money too.

Cordially,

Lynda Surles