Nearly every time an organization schedules a road race around Huntington streets, some residents complain. Some feel there are too many races, or they didn't receive enough notice so they could avoid traffic problems.
What do you think? Are there too many races? Are the warnings sufficient? Should races be moved to parks to minimize the incovenience to people trying to get their kids to activities or to do their errands?
Or is the cause the races support important enough that residents should just deal with it? Many races support such causes as cancer research or veterans' needs.
What would you like to see done differently?
Tell us in the comments.
Way to go! This kills my local business on Saturday my bread and butter day. All the town cares about is collecting property taxes. Regards to all until the next road closure. Mr. Randy Greif Owner operator Village Car Wash Hailsite
This past Saturday I couldn't get into town to my ATM or a card store for a wedding my son was going to. I couldn't get across Oakwood to go the back route to the Big H, I couldn't cut through two neighborhoods to get to Woodbury Rd to drive away from town and I couldn't go down Green St to even park and walk to my bank or a card store. My husband had to sit and wait to get to his school to coach a varsity game that morning! Even when the race had just started ( I didn't even know where it was starting) and runners were nowhere near any intersection, the police weren't allowing you to drive across an intersection! Yes, signs were put up in advance, but no map of the race course showing us ahead of time that we'd be totally blocked in. This would effectively keep us from complaining ahead of time? Yes, I got a robo-call from Frank saying some streets would be closed in my area. We were told somewhere along the line to "plan ahead"! Neither of these things were helpful to me or my neighbors!