This treacherous stretch of road needs urgent attention

Jun 08, 2019 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

I would like to make some observations with respect to the stretch of road from the McDoom Gas Station to the arch at the end of Agricola.
Day or night it’s a difficult road to travel, caution must be exercised. Travelling south or north in the right lanes oncoming lights blind you to pedestrians and/or cyclists crossing over and between the walls.
Travelling south on the inside lane trucks parked at the tyre shops and vehicles coming out of access streets and merging into lanes are disasters waiting to happen.
Travelling north and on the inside lane, holes on the road by the police outpost and vehicles parked by popular shops and merging traffic create same as above
The road stretch is a race track up to the Rahaman bend going north and from DSL going south.
Speed limits should be proposed, pedestrian traffic lights considered, and wardens for kids and elderly folks implemented.
The economic cost is too high when accidents occur.
Lives taken, inconvenience to commuters, robberies, damage to property and vehicles late to get to the airport, home and businesses, and gasoline consumption, all are significant, and the police are stretched thin at the time, and also when there are shows at the stadium.
I appeal for action to be taken and for solutions to be found as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
David Gomes

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