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Hadfeild Street has been taken over by mini-buses

Sep 23, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
Upper Hadfield Street, between Vlissingen Road and Mandela Avenue, was recently repaired and resurfaced after being in a deplorable state for several months. The road had deteriorated rapidly due to its overuse, particularly by heavy-duty equipment and machinery that were employed for construction of Jubilee (former D’Urban) Park.
Credibly, the Minister of Works kept his promise to fix the road after the grand 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations. The road’s upgrade is a welcome relief to Hadfield Street residents and other users who access other nearby communities using it as a route.
Hadfield Street’s upgrade, however, has been attracting a frightening nuance.
Several route 41 and 48 minibuses have opted, out of their prescribed Road Service itinerary, to make Hadfield Street their new race course.
Invariably minibuses from those zones can be seen filled with passengers accelerating along this undesignated carriageway at alarming speed.
This seems to be a spin-off of the practice by many route 41 and 47 minibus operators who violate the route 46 zone by traversing and collecting passengers at liberty along Joseph Pollydore Street, creating unfair competition for the hapless Lodge minibus operators.
I trust that Mr. Dion Moore and someone from the East LaPenitence Police Traffic unit will take cognizance of this article and deploy the relevant units in an effort to curb this growing malpractice.
Orette Cutting

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