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Govt. mulls one-way streets to ease city congestion

Nov 06, 2013 News

 

Several thoroughfares in the capital, Georgetown, will soon be designated as one-way streets to aid in reducing the traffic congestion, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee told the media today.
Speaking at a press conference at his Brickdam office, Minister Rohee said Cabinet yesterday examined a presentation from the National Commission on Law and Order (NCLO) on the question of one-way streets.
“How do we deal with the situation…the number of streets in Georgetown remain basically the same, while at the same time the number of vehicles are growing astronomically. It seems to us at the Ministry that we have to find various means of addressing the traffic situation in Georgetown,” the Minister said in a Government statement.
“We would of course have to lay out the plan to make it public, and we would of course have to engage in discussions and consultations with many other stakeholders, as well as residents in various parts of the city where we intend to establish this network of one way streets. This is another innovative way that we will be implementing to address the traffic congestion in the city of Georgetown. We believe that it is workable, ‘doable’; it is acceptable, and based on the consultations we would have had already,” Minister Rohee stated.
“We will then proceed in phases with this one way street network, assess how it is working, and how people are reacting to it, and we will proceed with the other phases. It will be divided in to four quadrants and each of the four quadrants will have a network of one way streets. This will help us in many other respects apart from traffic control; it will also help us with the fight against crime, and it will also help us with dealing with other matters related to the fact that the streets in Georgetown remain the same, but the number of cars and vehicles continues to multiply,” he pointed out.
It was observed that there are three basic issues pertaining to the traffic situation in the city: enforcement of the rules of traffic, education of persons and congestion on the streets as a result of more and more motor vehicles being imported into the country, and the fact that the streets basically remain the same in number.
Minister Rohee emphasised that another way to address the traffic congestion in the city is to have more ranks on the road during the day and night.
One of the areas where there is great congestion in the evenings and during the weekends is the Stabroek Market and this has to be addressed, he said.
The Ministry has placed advertisements in the newspapers to employ traffic wardens, but the response has been very slow, he said.  At the end of the year, traffic wardens will be placed on the streets of Georgetown.
“We expect that the Guyana Police Force will train these persons very quickly so that in a short space of time they would be able to perform their duties,” he added.
It was also identified that some persons driving on the roads have not attended driving classes both theoretically and practically, but have acquired their licences. If these persons are caught breaching the law, they will be dealt with by the Guyana Police Force.

 

 

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