To the editor:

Whoa – hold your horses!

What are the Commissioners thinking? Spending over one million dollars for a private drive for the Tryon Equestrian Center and a few local folk that already have good access to Highway 74 or Pea Ridge Road.

The next time you are driving on any Polk County road think what ONE Million Dollars would do to fix potholes.

Think about Highway 9 that needs to be widened from Mill Spring to the Rutherford County line by at least four feet.

Think about the bridge over Green River on Highway 9 that is an accident waiting to happen.

Think about the bridge over Green River on Highway 108 that was built for 1940-1950 traffic.

Think about that when your teeth chatter at that pothole you hit or you have to dodge an 18-wheeler on either of the narrow bridges mentioned above.

These are just a few of the NEEDS of Polk County compared to the WANTS of just a few.

Pat Wilson
Mill Spring, N.C.