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Sick of traffic

Enough already with pandering to tourists. South Florida has 6 to 8 million residents who are fed up with total traffic gridlock 24-hours a day.

Wherever you drive, there’s construction from building and suburb projects that have been completed, but the traffic construction continues.

We are sick of sitting in parking lots all over South Florida that are supposed to be expressways.

Enough of the extreme pay lanes, HOV lanes, orange cones and high parking lot fees everywhere.

Stop building mega malls, mega fairs and mega buildings. Start building parks and green areas that are free from parking and entrance fees.

Ron Schwartz, Miami

This story was originally published April 2, 2015 at 6:16 PM with the headline "Sick of traffic."

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