Drivers along stuck in traffic on SE 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale should take heart. Anyone trapped in his vehicle on the beach should realize, the traffic is really better than it was years ago.
So says Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Bruce Roberts.
He told a stunned Fort Lauderdale Commission audience this week not to worry about more and more construction. Those traffic jams are all in your mind.
These are the sentiments of a pro-developer stooge. Only someone who is in the pocket of developers and their lobbyist hirelings could say with a straight face what Roberts proclaimed this week:
“Higher density actually decreases traffic.”
Roberts then rolled out Florida Department of Transportation statistics to bolster his argument.
Along traffic-clogged SE 17th Street, vehicle counts actually peaked in 2012, Roberts said. On the beach, traffic levels were highest in 2006, he added
His comments infuriated some residents in the City Hall audience who battle traffic daily. That’s probably because Roberts was haughtily brushing them off.
[vc_btn title=”More on Commissioner Roberts” style=”outline” color=”primary” size=”lg” align=”left” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.browardbeat.com%2Ffort-lauderdale-commission-pro-developer-stooge-says-traffic-problems-are-imaginary%2F|title:More%20on%20Commissioner%20Roberts|target:%20_blank”][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” message_box_color=”turquoise”]By Buddy Nevins, BrowardBeat.com, excerpt posted on SouthFloridaReporter.com May 21, 2016 [/vc_message]
