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Transportation nonsense in Canal # 2 polder
DEAR EDITOR,
One might want to argue that transportation is a hassle in whichever location they may be living. However I wish to bring to light the transportation problems facing residents in Canal # 2 polder.
Firstly the public buses, whose job was to commit to the transportation of civilians, stop working at 6:00pm. Now it’s not my job to force to people to work, however it just takes a little humanity to work beyond that normal call of duty – same as the 42 bus drivers, and same as the 32 bus drivers, same as the Wales buses.
Seems as though they become incapacitated after six o’clock.
However I will not squander on insolence and will move forward with the matter at hand.
At the Stanleytown junction there is an informal car park where cars carry on business through short drops. Now between the hours of 6:00am and 6:00pm the normal fare would be $100. However, due to whatever “jumbie” comes out as soon as 6:00pm approaches, the fare is launched to $200. I wonder if the drivers are charging for their lack of eyesight?
Apart from that ridiculous effort in raising the fare, the persons living beyond the Belle West Bridge, commonly referred to as “Polder Bottom” suffer the most because after 8:00pm every single car driver sees past that bridge as Hell. The price for going beyond the Belle West Bridge jumps to an alarming $500-$800.
Now let me just interject to remind you that the distance to the end of “Polder Bottom” (10.8km) is the same distance to the end of the Belle West Housing Scheme.
Now other places might have transportation problems far worse than this, but standing two hours on a road to get a vehicle to go past the Belle West Bridge while Belle West scheme vehicles leave you there, is enough reason for a say in the matter.
Yours Respectfully,
Ganesh Persaud
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