Letter: Why is there a local entry to the GWB?

Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich testified about gridlock that occurred during the closing of lanes on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge in 2013 [“Amid bridge trial, Christie tours state,” News, Sept. 23].

The question should be, why is there an entrance ramp to this bridge off local streets, in a small community.

While the rest of us swelter in bumper-to-bumper traffic as nearly every road in the world converges, residents of Fort Lee and neighboring communities save time through the back-door entrance.

I say close the ramp permanently and let the locals enter through the highways like the rest of us.

Robert Bialer, Glen Cove