New traffic lights have been installed at the East Bank junction with the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the number of vehicles in January was up 10% compared to the previous year.
A statement from the Government Information Agency said that in January this year, 260,392 vehicles transited the Demerara Harbour Bridge, an average of 8400 vehicles per day. Compared with the same period last year there was a 9.62 percent increase in the number of west bound vehicles.
Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn told GINA that the Ministry has always wanted the area to be controlled since there is a high volume of traffic.
He said that some geometric design changes had to be made to accommodate pedestrians and there were issues with traffic turning off and onto the bridge.
“We have brought in a new set of lights and we are doing the road marking and the painting and we are trying to finalise the geometric improvements so that there will be continuous discharge from the bridge and there will be an interruption of the north/south traffic to allow the turning traffic from Georgetown to get onto the bridge… to make it more efficient,” Benn, told GINA.
