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Would someone please set the record straight?

THE EDITOR: FACT: Plans for the proposed interchange are currently being held up by the court action initiated by one of the companies that tendered on the contract to construct it.

FACT: The interchange would do little more than exacerbate the gridlock at other points.

In the case of commuter coming from the East and South, the bottleneck does not exist solely at the main intersection, but is equally bad at the Aranguez, El Socorro, and Barataria intersections.

It is in fact even worse when you arrive at Sealots (take your choice of over or under, you'll be here for awhile).

FACT: What is instead needed is a programme of decentralization which would relocate elements of the central government and public service to areas outside of Port of Spain.

The reallocation of resources should follow logical lines, for example, The Ministry of Agriculture could be relocated to Caroni and Energy to San Fernando since both areas are in greater proximity to the primary areas of activity.

Additionally, the government should encourage companies to stagger work hours and encourage their employees to work on 'flexible' time. This has been adopted with some success in Jamaica.

may be arguably the best case scenario would be one where government offices to start the workday at 7.00am; schools at 8.00; and private sector offices at 9.00am.

The Police must begin to enforce the road laws in this country in a substantial way. Enforcement of the speed limit is laughable and unnecessary especially when that limit is 80km/h (how about a pilot programme raising this to 120km/h — I bet that there would be no significant increase in vehicular accidents!).

What is necessary instead is a visible police presence that would ensure that the gridlock situation is not made worse by drivers who insist on driving on the shoulders, or turning right (or left) from the wrong lane. In a high pressure/ high traffic situation, this will only lead to the emergence of 'road rage; in this country. Furthermore, there is a need for an increased role to be played by the Town & Country Division.

It's authority must be properly policed so as to ensure that there is no unusual strain on our national resources nor a repeat of the situation that currently pertains to all of our urban centres.

I have worked in Chaguanas for the past five years and the situation with regards to the access to and egress from Chaguanas has gone from bad to worse. And with the slew of prestigious projects (Price Plaza, Republic Bank data center, and Unit Trust to name a few) coming on line, there appears to me to be no plan in sight to restore some semblance of order to my workday.
Gotta Go — The traffic beckons!

GEORGE ELIAS
SAN FERNANADO

Trinidad and Tobago News

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