Editor, Gazette-Journal:

In your Feb. 21 issue, Gazette reader and Mathews County resident Arthur Jennette ("A traffic accident waiting to happen," Readers Write) makes the suggestion that a traffic/egress problem at the Main Street Center near the junction of Highways 17 and 14 in Gloucester Court House be solved with the forced removal of barriers that a property owner of adjacent land has placed on his parking surface; or that Gloucester County should exercise its "takings" power and annex the smaller private property for the good and safety—and convenience—of the driving public.

Whoa, Boy! Slow Down. Can we back away from this impasse?

I wasn’t around when the Main Street Center was conceived by private parties, but with tenants like the U.S. Post Office and the county library (in a former supermarket space), it’s likely that there was some thought given to the traffic flow that would occur prior to the granting by the county of development permits f...