Sometimes, new ideas bring solutions. Other times, they bring chaos, aggravation and frustration.

As someone who has lived with the crisscross diverging diamond interchange (DDI) in Boca Raton at Glades Road and I-95 for the better part of two years, I feel qualified to suggest that whoever at the FDOT decided to adopt the same redesign for I-95 and Broward Boulevard should be fired.

Don’t do it, Fort Lauderdale. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be, I assure you.

The crisscrossing of driving lanes will be especially frustrating for drivers whose destinations require them to go west from the east side of Fort Lauderdale, and vice versa.

Drivers will discover that the design causes unavoidable backups in both directions on Broward Boulevard, plus confusing and hazardous lane changes to avoid traffic flowing from the opposite direction. Please reconsider adopting this flawed design.

— Maida Kahn, Boca Raton

Too many ‘Trumplicans’

I usually let my wife write the letters because I feel it’s just whistling in the wind, but the letter to the editor from Gail Olarsch really got me going (“Blind loyalty to Trump,” Letters, April 25).

I have been a Republican all my life and have been heartsick and infuriated with the state of what was formerly known as the Republican Party — and is now the Trumplican Party.

Every day, Trumplicans heap fearful blind loyalty on this megalomaniac with a raised fist, hoping, regardless of harm to our people and country, to save their positions and make money to boot.

In his letter, Richard Klitzberg claims that Trump’s “ability to negotiate is legendary, reminding us of his famous “The Art of the Deal” (“Trump, a force of nature,” Letters, April 25).

I’m a native New Yorker, a businessman for more than 40 years, and I can tell you that Trump’s “Art of the Deal” was not by negotiation, but underhanded retaliation (he was convicted of falsifying business records, you’ll recall).

We are told that “no president other than Trump dared challenge Iran, and when he said enough, he struck with power and speed never previously exhibited, and in six weeks Iran was bloodied and battered into submission.” Submission, indeed.

We are still fighting. We’re still trying to negotiate. No real Republicans are willing to stop the deterioration of our nation now, or are willing to be held accountable if and when the “King” falls.

— Walter Woda, Delray Beach

Listen to the people

My husband and I request that Fort Lauderdale slow down and do a feasibility study to assess the viability of Tower 101 (101 N.E. Third Ave.) as its next City Hall.

Our biggest concern is fiscal responsibility. In a time of uncertainty, we don’t want basic services to be cut for residents due to extreme budget constraints ahead.

Making such a sizable financial decision as this without gathering opinions of your constituents is not doing the job you were elected to do.

— Ken Schmidt and Bill Russell, Oakland Park

Don’t mortgage our future

The proposed new City Hall is a financial boondoggle that will only get worse if it moves forward. An estimated $725 million over 30 years is outrageous, and the term sheet and financing structure are even more troubling.

There’s no reason to push Fort Lauderdale to the edge of a fiscal cliff for a project the budget cannot support, especially when much cheaper alternatives have not been fully explored.

Votes like this make our city less affordable. Stop mortgaging our future for vanity projects.

— John E. Rodstrom III, Fort Lauderdale

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