Letter: Road impacts wildlife

Regarding Arthur Lee’s letter to the editor on Tuesday, headlined “Magic moments:” Mr. Lee, I’m glad to see that you are enjoying the magic nature can bring.

Picture the prospect of seeing what you detailed in your letter, and then the rabbit getting spooked and running into four lanes of traffic behind your house. And then, wham! — buzzard food. You see, that is what we along the Vanderbilt Beach Road extension will soon be facing. The abundance of wildlife along this proposed corridor is overwhelming. Soon we will have very little wildlife to enjoy.

When the Collier County Commission voted to move forward with the project, the environmental consultant stated that there will be very limited impact to the environment. I don’t know how much time the consultant spent out in the area, but I beg to differ. I know he is a professional, but it doesn’t take a professional to see the impact on the wildlife this road will cause.

So we have about two more years to enjoy the wildlife you speak of, and then it will be like living in town with an occasional glimpse of wildlife. It’s a shame — all at the expense of people who aren’t even here yet and with no guarantee they are coming.

Teresa LeCrone/Golden Gate Estates