Dear Editor,
I wonder if any of $13.7B to be spent on roads and bridges, will include Middle Road and Independence Boulevard?
It was good to read, according to Minister Singh, that the Ministry of Finance had allocated $13.7B to roads and bridges in the 2014 budget.
It was also mentioned that a financial feasibility study will be completed for the construction of a bypass road from Ogle on the East Coast to East Bank which will open new areas for development and investment and create a second route to reduce the traffic congestion on the East Bank Demerara.
This is very good and I am sure Guyanese will welcome this new development, whenever it starts and hopefully it can be completed within the time-frame allotted, and not long after as is the case with many other projects.
I would like the relevant ministries to look at developing two other roads which will help reduce the traffic:-
(1) Widen Independence Boulevard (Punt trench); I believe this can be a four-lane carriageway given traffic from Cemetery Road to La Penitence Road/Market.
(2) Upgrade and re-pave Middle Road and all the cross streets, which run north-south from Middle Road to Independence Boulevard.
This will surely reduce traffic and provide quick access for many households and drivers coming from both directions.
Yours faithfully,
A Whyte
