As I sat at a dead standstill one recent morning, with southbound traffic backed up from Northern Boulevard to the Greenvale Electric building, I thought about the impact of 800+ new apartments that have been proposed for the Glen Cove waterfront. True, the city is building a road from the development at Garvies Point to the beginning of Glen Cove Road, but what about the impact once that traffic reaches Greenvale and the Northern Boulevard intersection?

There will already be a traffic increase due to the occupancy of the two Avalon apartments. Now, with at least one car and usually two cars per family, the impact on Glen Cove Road both with the time factor and the pollution factor must be considered before approving a project of this magnitude.

If it is not too late, limiting the number of apartments being built in Glen Cove seems like an environmental necessity. Or should we change the sign from "Welcome To Glen Cove" to "Welcome to Queens?"

Donald A. Moses MD