Sheriff St to stay two-lane after businesses oppose expansion

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Traffic along Sheriff Street yesterday afternoon. The Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue corridor is plagued by a lot of problems, including congestion, according to the Public Works Ministry, which believes the prevailing conditions have resulted fatalities and other less serious accidents. (Arian Browne photo)
Traffic along Sheriff Street yesterday afternoon. The Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue corridor is plagued by a lot of problems, including congestion, according to the Public Works Ministry, which believes the prevailing conditions have resulted fatalities and other less serious accidents. (Arian Browne photo)

Plans for a four-lane highway for Sheriff Street have been shelved after objections were raised by businesses but sidewalks and other improvements remain part of a US$24M project
that will also greatly transform Mandela Avenue.

The Ministry of Public Works project would create a less congested link between the East Coast and East Bank Highways via the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue corridor.
This initiative has been undertaken as part of the government’s Sustainable Urban Transport Plan aimed at providing a “holistic approach to improving traffic circulation within the city,” and focusing on the way public transport operators provide this service.

The Ministry’s Manager of Technical Services Rabindranauth Chanderpal says that the