You don’t have to look beyond Lynn Shore Drive in search of a well-intentioned idea that took a bad turn. The more-than-200 barrels blocking ocean-side parking spots along the drive jut into the travel lane, narrowing it by more than a foot.
That wasn’t a problem two months ago when traffic on the normally-congested commuter route plummeted to a few dozen cars a day. But the Great Reopening has begun and Lynn Shore Drive traffic is rapidly increasing with more people driving to work and beach-goers cruising down the Drive.
Lynn Shore Drive isn’t a sedate scenic route winding through the White Mountains or along the Maine coast. It is a busy road doubling as a main artery through Lynn to Boston and as a recreational thoroughfare.
The state took strong anti-coronavirus measures two months ago to limit beach access by halving parking along the Drive. But the time has come to review parking restrictions along the Drive and, more specifically, shove those orange obstructions back into the parking lanes and out of the travel lane where — irony of ironies — they pose a risk of contributing to a traffic accident.
