Keep quality of life

Letter to the Editor, Santa Cruz Sentinel
October 14, 2010
Bob Montague

Job creation is a major goal for the city of Watsonville. It is too bad the city has decided that that supersedes the requirement to develop the quality of life in our town. The Manabe-Ow Business Park hopes to bring in jobs, but rather than follow responsible planning, the city is conceding to the property owners like a teenager desperate for a prom date. Run the access through a neighborhood rather than build the original bridge, eliminate bike lanes, hope to use an access from Lee Road over the objection of the property owner. There is more, but 150 words are too few. Ohlone Parkway to Loma Vista is now a mostly sleepy neighborhood route. Trips will go from around 350 per day on Loma Vista to around 3,500 per day with the development. The original design for access to the park was appropriate. The current design saves the developer money at the cost of the quality of life in this part of Watsonville. Shameful.