Dear Editor,
I note with considerable interest that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has called in the contractor for the Sheriff Street expansion with regard to traffic management, but, clearly, to no avail.
I live in D’Urban Backlands and every one of us living here risks our lives in exiting on to Sheriff Street.
Except at traffic peak hours, and, not always, the traffic police are placed at the junction of Joseph Pollydore Street and Mandela Avenue and at the junction of Homestretch Avenue and Sheriff Street, as well as at the junction of Sheriff Street and Rupert Craig Highway, but, otherwise, there is complete chaos, especially at Sheriff Street and Homestretch Avenue.
At the junction of Sheriff Street and Rupert Craig Highway, the traffic light has ceased to function for months. A fatal accident at this juncture is waiting to happen.
It appears that the Chinese contractor doesn’t care, the traffic police don’t care and, indeed, Minister Patterson doesn’t care whether the loss of life occurs while this construction continues.
Yours faithfully,
Kit Nascimento
