A road safety hazard

May 17, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
I write to draw your attention and that of those responsible at the Ministry of Public Works of the severe traffic and road safety hazard caused by the placement of sandbags on the roadway in the area east of Sheriff Street.
There have already been many accidents caused directly by the accumulation of oil on the roadway due to the placement of these sand bags.
This is a clear example of foolishness and incompetence of the ministry and staff that carried out this exercise.
First of all, we are told that the overtopping is the principal cause of the flooding on the roadway and therefore the obvious short term solution to this should have been the placement of sandbags on top of the wall thereby raising the height of the wall rather than placing them on the roadway, which does nothing to alleviate the problem.
Of course, there is urgent need to find a long term solution to the problem of very high tides throughout the coastal areas of Guyana.
The ministry is being congratulated for clearing away the vendors in one fell swoop using the overtopping as a convenient excuse to deal with a problem which festered for years. Good for them. But the fact remains that a severe traffic hazard has been created and these sand bags need to be relocated to the wall itself.
Finally, the Ministry should compensate all those who suffered as a result of this foolishness.
John Seeram

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