A bid by police to make the East Bank Public Road safer for travellers resulted in major traffic congestion on Friday.
The Guyana Police Force said that its Traffic Department decided to place traffic cones at areas where vehicles are known to form a third lane.
When contacted yesterday Assistant Commissioner and Public Relations Officer for the Force Royston Andries-Junor stated that during peak periods vehicles take advantage of the wide roadways and form a third lane on the western carriageway at Agricola. To avoid a third lane from forming, he said, traffic cones were put in place so that the two lanes carry through from Eccles to Agricola. He noted that it is wrong to form a third lane given that it’s a two-lane road.