When I had a tunnel permit bumper sticker on my car, I said it eliminated waiting in the standby line for the steamship. Now I propose eliminating the issue of the roundabout by simply digging a tunnel under the intersection.

The tunnel would start by Goodale’s pit and emerge just past the high school. Exits and on-ramps to the tunnel would provide easy access. Traffic along Barnes Road could proceed at its leisurely pace.

The Big Dig made the ride under Boston a breeze. If we offered those experienced tunnel-diggers a chance to get out of jail and work on the Vineyard, we would create jobs too.

Think about it. A tunnel eliminates a roundabout. No need for costly traffic lights, timed for summer visitors. No reason to pursue a bridge to fly cars over the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. My tunnel would speed traffic from one end of the Island to the other.

Isn’t this an idea whose time has come?

Thomas Dresser
Oak Bluffs