Dear Editor,
Kindly allow me to ventilate a few issues which seem to have escaped the attention of the authorities.
(a) Almost 50% of the entire stretch of the Embankment Road at Buxton is being used as a stockpile for road-building material. Because of the repairs to the bridge on the Vigilance/Friendship Public Road, traffic now deviates to and from the Embankment Road at Coldingen. Thus there is heavier than usual traffic between Coldingen and Lusignan.
With the Embankment Road at Buxton being reduced to a single lane because of the stockpile, traffic is snarled. Surely, the police at least, must be aware of this. What would it take for the authorities to instruct the contractor to find a place other than a public roadway to stockpile his stuff?
(b) At precisely 7:30 hrs every morning, a herd of cows is released on the Embankment Road at Le Ressouvenir. Again, this is peak period and traffic is held up for about 10 minutes while
these cows are being driven along the road. It would be false for the police to claim that they are unaware of the situation. Must it go on?
(c) The speed limit on the East Coast Highway between Clive Lloyd Drive and Sparendaam is 80 kmph.
This speed limit was revised upwards from 48 kmph because of the increase in vehicular traffic using the road and the need to empty the carriageway at a faster rate.
However, huge lorries and older motor cars occupy the outer lane on the carriageway and move at way below the speed limit.
The increase in the speed limit has not achieved its objective.
Isn’t there a law against impeding the flow of traffic as there is one against exceeding the speed limit?
Editor, where is the initiative of the relevant authorities in the above matters? It certainly seems as if they suffer from a disconnect between what they see and what they do about what they see.
Yours faithfully,
T Jadunauth
