Editor, The Times:
I am writing this letter with concern for the safety of the travelling public.
In 2011 we had faded and missing lines on our streets and roads. They were painted July 15.
In 2012 they didn't get painted until late August.
Many times I have been stopped at the stop sign at the Wells Gray Hotel intersection and had a tourist pull up beside me and stop in the oncoming lane.
If there is someone across the highway wanting to come across they can't because someone is in their lane.
No one can move until the vehicle beside me leaves. Usually it's something big like a motorhome.
The tourist season started in May. I think the lines should have been painted for the tourists by then. The people living here know where they're supposed to be driving.
Why not paint the lines right after they sweep the streets? I think it's a waste of money to wait until August – the tourist season is winding down and the snow comes right after that and we don't see the lines.
Can anyone give an update on when we can expect the lines to be painted on ALL of our streets and roads for 2013?
Is our goal still tourism?
C. Mickey
Clearwater, B.C.