Edgartown selectman Michael Donaroma has a good suggestion for resolving the endless and potentially costly bickering over the roundabout: put a nonbinding question on annual town ballots Islandwide this spring and find out what the voters really think.

What began as a reasonable debate over the merits of the project has now devolved into a procedural squabble. Will we feel any better if a judge tells us it was — or wasn’t — approved in strict accordance with the law? Not likely.

The pros and cons of the roundabout have been well aired, and yet the community remains divided. The core question is pretty simple: are the promised improvements in safety and convenience worth the costs — financial, and however subtly, to the character of the Vineyard?

Why not let the voters decide?