2024-09-24 PL-INT-2024-008732 GP 2045 Draft Comments - B. Masters

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transparency mechanisms to identify who &what are creating our farmer's problems. We cannot fix anything without transparency. Politicians say it, but absolutely no actions. This section is entitled ACTION. Let us begin to act. Pg. 104 4.2.1 Introduction Third para: "Resilience...." I don't want the word resilience to be an escape mechanism for the government or its agencies. That word should change. The last para: "The Plan is focused on improving connectivity within ....." this sounds good, but I don't see good results as I am pass 70 yrs old. We should not accept "rinse & repeat". What did the Planning Board learn from over 100 yrs. Of past failures? They say they focus on improving, yet we cannot determine how they will improve. Stronger language to ensure that the public can know they plan to improve. Pg. 105 Table 27: Transportation Key Trends No Changes Pg. 106 Table 28: Transportation Challenges All items Red: Revisions necessary. It refers to electric cars, Pre-COVID-19 (false narratives that must be stopped) Pg. 107 Table 29: Transportation Opportunities All items Red: Need revisions since they want to establish metrics, improve interagency collaboration, prepare projects, standardize interagency agreements. It contains a multitude of changes that are unclear, very ambiguous, & again, transparency is lacking. Pg. 108 4.2.2 Transportation Goal, Objective, Policies, and Actions All items Red: Requires revisions. Examples: item 16.2 "Encourage safe and convenient use ...... non-polluting" What is non-polluting to the Planning Board? What do they know about pollution as they don't know that EMFs are dangerous pollutants. And example: Item 16.10 "Identify and evaluate transportation..... energy and climate issues." We need to stop the false Pg. 109 Actions - continue All items - Red: Revisions necessary. Same reasons as above for Pg. 108.