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Buses safe
I’m responding to Liz Stephens’ letter to the editor Lesson unlearned (Sept. 11) about seat belts on school buses.
Will you be the adult responsible on every bus trip to ensure all seat belts are fastened and kept fastened?
Buses are big, bright yellow, maintain the right of way always and are safe. Unless, a driver is negligent or the bus careens off of a cliff, children are not hurt riding a bus.
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Most of us have ridden a yellow school bus many times in our school experience. Are there belts on city buses? What about the expense of adding seat belts to every bus in the province?
The lesson of buckling up in a car is a good one. The car is not a bus or a tank. It does not have a professional driver operating it and a car does not stand out with its bright colour, size or flashing lights.
L.D. Freeman, London
Use it or lose it
Regarding the article Five city parking lots eyed for housing (Sept. 14).
However, when will roads and sewers be improved to handle these units?
On Springbank Drive, three sites were promoted, went through environmental approvals and signage, but nothing has been built in years on those sites. If the builder is not prepared to move forward, to get these buildings out of the ground, then a fine and expenses should be levied. Don’t allow projects to take up planning department time and resources unless they are ready to go forward. If building doesn’t start within 60 days of the necessary permits, apply a fine and require a new payment for a renewed building permit.
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Let’s put some tough controls on getting this done, not just planned.
Robert Webb, London
Fifth one coming
Regarding Sandra Brown’s letter to the editor Slow response (Sept. 12).
What is the city waiting for: injuries, property damage or even death before responding to her requests for a solution to speeders on Beaverbrook Avenue?
After four incidents of vehicles landing on her property, you would think common sense would prevail. The fifth incident is coming, let’s hope it’s not fatal.
We taxpayers deserve better.
When growing up, our house was at the end of a crescent before it took the turn.
We had five or six speeders sliding onto our lawn.
The seventh driver came crashing through our front window with eight children sitting in the living room.
We were very lucky.
Bill Reidhead, London
Why not reopen Manning Drive?
What is the holdup with the intersection of Manning Drive and Wonderland Road?
There have been no workers present for almost two weeks.
It appears things are completed, so let’s get this opened up so we can get traffic moving more freely instead of the bottleneck this city has become.
Dean Rath, London
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