In 6 sentences discuss how should Kevin Clearing proceed at thispoint?
Kevin Clearing is the engineering manager for the Verdant CountyRoad Commission (VCRC). VCRC has primary responsibility formaintaining the safety of county roads. Verdant County's populationhas increased by 30% in the past 10 years. This has resulted inincreased traffic flow on many secondary roads in the area. ForestDrive, still a two lane road, has more than doubled its trafficflow during this period. It is now one of the main arteries leadinginto Verdant City, an industrial and commercial center of more than60,000 people. For each of the past 7 years at least one person hassuffered a fatal automobile accident by crashing into trees closelyaligned along a 3 mile stretch of Forest Drive. Many otheraccidents have also occurred, causing serious injuries, wreckedcars, and damaged trees. Some of the trees are quite close to thepavement. Two law suits have been filed against the road commissionfor not maintaining sufficient road safety along this 3 three milestretch. Both were dismissed because the drivers were going well inexcess of the 45 mph speed limit. Other members of VCRC have beenpressing Kevin Clearing to come up with a solution to the trafficproblem on Forest Drive. They are concerned about safety, as wellas law suits that may some day go against VCRC. Clearing now has aplan -- widen the road. Unfortunately, this will require cuttingdown about 30 healthy, longstanding trees along the road.Clearing's plan is accepted by VCRC and announced to the public.Immediately a citizen environmental group forms and registers aprotest. Tom Richards, spokesperson for the group, complains,\"These accidents are the fault of careless drivers. Cutting downtrees to protect drivers from their own carelessness symbolizes thedestruction of our natural environment for the sake of human'progress.' It's time to turn things around. Sue the drivers ifthey don't drive sensibly. Let's preserve the natural beauty andecological integrity around us while we can.\" Many letters on bothsides of the issue appear in the Verdant Press, the issue isheatedly discussed on local TV, and Tom Richards presents VCRC witha petition to save the trees signed by 150 local citizens.
In 6 sentences discuss how should Kevin Clearing proceed at thispoint?
