Fed up East Bank commuters want new road to relieve traffic woes

To avoid long lines of traffic along the Diamond Housing Scheme Public Road, motorists such as the driver at left are forced to take short cuts, through connecting streets within the scheme, to get at the head of the line.

Motorists who use the East Bank Demerara public road, frustrated with enduring daily traffic congestion, are pouring cold water on the ongoing four-lane expansion and are calling instead for a new access road to be built.

However, Transport Minister Robeson Benn says government is committed to completing the four-lane highway project, while construction of a southern entrance would be done in the future when funding is secured.

Speaking with this newspaper, Benn explained that government has never ruled out building another road. However, a feasibility study undertaken sometime be-tween 2005 and 2006, by