What is considered a main arterial?

I have never seen the streets so dangerous as the ones in Marysville during the recent storms. On Dec. 23, I called the street department to complain. The recording stated that crews were working 24 hours maintaining the roads but could only get the main arterials. Do they not think that State Avenue is a main road? Driving down it was like riding a roller coaster.

I witnessed many cars sliding because it was so slick. Do they not think 88th is a main road? The tire grooves in the road were so bad that the tire tracks were 4 to 5 inches deeper than the ice. I witnessed a car in front of me on Christmas morning trying to maneuver in the tracks and when it hit the ice outside of the tire tracks it spun around in the road. I did not see a snow plow until returning from my daughter’s home later Christmas morning. Do they not think Cedar Avenue is a main road? This is the main route for trucks and the city’s own aid vehicles going to Everett hospitals.

Crossing the railroad tracks on Grove Street was so bad that a small, low-clearance vehicle would bottom out. Marysville has always stood firm on its policy of public safety. I’m wondering what their definition of safety is — surely not the public roads. I work in Everett and drive either Broadway or Marine View Drive and I will have to say that Everett takes public safety during inclement weather very seriously. I saw them spraying de-icer, sanding and plowing the main roads.

Finally, on Friday, the street department was working on the Grove Street railroad crossing, although a little after the fact. I would like to say kudos to the Everett street department for making the roads safe, and shame on you, Marysville.

Al Houk