Have proper control of traffic in construction zones

Aug 04, 2008 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is with a feeling of disgust that I see and experience the way Guyanese are treated by foreign countries and more so when these foreigners are in Guyana and they treat us as if we are sub-standard human beings.

I wish to focus on the construction of our roads and more specifically the portion that stretches from Palmyra turn to Seawell turn.

It is obvious that many ministers of the government and other officials have traversed this stretch of road because the construction has been going on for what seems like forever, but there has been no change to the way traffic is routed through the construction zone (which we will refer to as Palmyra road), and no one seems to care.

Let me enlighten you and the rest of the country. The contractor has been working on one half of the stretch and so traffic has to move on the other half which is barely wide enough to accommodate one vehicle.

That would make the Palmyra road a ‘one-way’ stretch. There seems to be an attempt to control the flow of traffic on very rare occasions and a pitiful one at that too.

Two men holding signs at both ends of the construction stretch who have no way of communicating with each other are so indicative of the way Guyanese are regarded by those who come here to exploit us.

The traffic mayhem cannot be worse anywhere in the country than when it rains in Palmyra.
The men who are supposed to hold the signs are hiding from the rain and so the traffic flows from both sides, to pile up in the middle somewhere. Well, no one wants to drive off the road where it is all mud and so we sit in our vehicles and shout and scream.

If it is a favourite of the tender board, can the powers that be not have the civility to have proper control of traffic in construction zones? And, please, do not let me hear that drivers force their way through the stop signs because there are policemen who are waiting to ‘make a raise’ right around the corner.

Try not to treat us as second class citizens in our own country. Let us have some respect and it is not much to do.

Have proper control of the flow of traffic in construction zones and show us that you care for more that making a profit.

Charrandass Persaud,
Attroney-at-law

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