Let me get this straight. After years of opposition and meetings, zoning issues, and who knows what hurdles, one of the world’s largest retail chain box stores locates to Warrenton, and within months traffic-causing issues near the new Walmart come as a surprise (“Traffic causing issues near new Walmart in Warrenton,” The Daily Astorian, July 18)?

Now representatives of the county, city, and state Department of Transportation, and law enforcement will meet to discuss issues and brainstorm solutions? Referring to there always being “minor problems, and once you increase the traffic, those minor problems become major problems” — thank you for your insight, Cameron Moore, county manager.

I am no rocket scientist but, are you kidding me? Was there no brainstorming on the obvious popular concern prior to now? He also states “these are typically good problems to have. When you experience some growth, you have to figure out how to deal with it.” It should have and could have been figured out as part of the entire planning process, long before the doors opened.

This isn’t the first Walmart. These issues are not a surprise. They have been brought up over and over by community members. So we will have more meetings, more committees, and more taxpayers money spent. Let’s not act like this is an unexpected problem, it is not. It’s one of many problems to change our community in the near future, thanks to the Walmart store.

I, for one, will never know the issue first hand, as I will try my best to never shop at a Walmart store.

Claudia Russell

Astoria