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Worsening traffic situation on the West Bank Demerara

Apr 29, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am writing this letter to inform others about the worsening traffic situation that exists at the Vreed-en-Hoop junction. Every day in the mornings and afternoons/early evenings, there is a huge build-up of traffic at this location. This is a spot where traffic from three locations converge, trying to reach the West Coast, West Bank, and head to the Vreed en Hoop stelling, respectively.
Specifically in the mornings the situation is most dire, with the amount of persons trying to get to the stelling to cross into Georgetown, and choosing this route because they know that crossing over on the bridge is just as bad. Vehicles will spend about 30 minutes to 45 minutes just to get from the Plantain Walk area to the stelling. And then to get back out from the stelling area takes just as long. It has gotten so bad at this point that hire cars, and even taxis, are refusing to go up to the junction to drop their passengers off. Persons who have already waited in traffic just to get to the junction must then walk the rest of the way to the stelling. And this is a situation that is guaranteed to get worse with every day that passes, because we know for a fact that every day multiple vehicles come off the wharves and into the country.
With this continuous increase of vehicles on the road, versus the singular traffic routes that we have, what else is there to expect? Why is there no news of new roads on the West Coast and West Bank? Why must all traffic between the West Coast and Georgetown use the same routes as those persons on the West Bank heading to the stelling?
Currently there is a project in progress to widen the West Coast Demerara road from Parika to Vreed-En-Hoop, but when has there ever been traffic build-up on the West Coast? And widening a pre-existing road is a far cry from creating new roads and new routes. More must be done, and quickly.
In closing I would like to invite anyone who doubts me of this issue to come themselves and experience this situation first hand, especially on a morning when there is traffic build-up at the Harbour Bridge,and everyone is trying to get to their jobs and businesses in Georgetown. The more time the country’s workers spend being stuck in traffic, the more our country loses in productivity, and on its economy.
Kapil Singh

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