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Regent and Camp St. traffic congestion to see ease by April month-end
Authorities have moved to ease traffic congestion in a critical part of the city as frustration continues to grow over the situation.
According to the Ministry of Public Works, the traffic lights at one of the busiest junctions in the city – Regent and Camp Streets- will be modified shortly to allow for a faster discharge of traffic and reduce waiting time.
According to Terence O’Brien, head of the Traffic and Highway Lights Department of the Ministry of Public Works, a study was done by the Chief Transport Planning Officer, Patrick Thompson, at the Regent and Camp Streets junction to understand the dynamics of the traffic movement.
Traffic officials will be configuring the lights at Camp and Regent Street to help ease congestion in one of the city’s busiest areas.
“The data from the study, which included traffic counts and left and right turning movements were used in traffic software that models and simulates junction movements. The junction analysis revealed that if two right turns and no parking on the eastern side of Camp Street between Robb and Regent were to be restricted, the flow of traffic would be improved significantly and the delays would be reduced by approximately 70 percent (from 94.5 seconds to 31.4 seconds),” the Ministry said.
The objective is to create a “straight to straight” continuous flow that will include a filter lane. “This will allow a greater volume of traffic to be discharged while at the same time reducing the cycle time,” O’Brien explained.
All traffic light junctions along Camp Street will have to be adjusted and synchronized to keep up with the changes at the Camp and Regent Streets junction.
Road signs, both vertical and horizontal will be installed shortly by the Traffic Signs and Maintenance Department to guide motorists into the appropriate lanes, as they approach the junction.
“We are hoping for it to be implemented by April month end,” O’Brien said.
He also divulged that Traffic Engineers have completed the geometric improvement design for the junction at Lamaha and Albert streets and will embark on a city wide study this year commencing at key junctions, such as Irving and Lamaha streets, Camp and Lamaha, Vlissengen and Sandy Babb, and Vlissengen Road and Regent Street.
Meanwhile, the Ministry’s traffic department said it is continuing its effort to ensure the 50 traffic lights in and around the city remain functional, despite the numerous accidents and vandalism.
“A significant amount of investment was made with the use of protective barriers, heavy duty cabinets locally manufactured and tamper proof locks. Depleted spares are now sourced from other suppliers.”
The Traffic Lights were installed by CMS Traffic Systems Limited of India and commissioned in July of 2007. Financing was made possible through a line of credit (LoC) from the Indian Exim Bank of US$2.1M.
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