Dear Editor,
One of the major problems in Guyana is a Bureaucracy that generally does not listen. The Ministries, in addition to utilising DPI also have their own PR. But these PR seem not to pay attention to the Letter column to get the views of people. Many critical letters could be excellent advice. Fact is most Ministers do not know their Ministries and usually they employ friends or people they trust and who may not be capable of giving creative advice so they enjoy the perks and go through the routine.
I wrote a number of times about making traffic education part of the curriculum of fifth formers as they are the future drivers, it seems that the Government is finally doing this. However, I would like them to do beyond the traffic book and invite persons who can give lectures beyond the basic and that is teach students about defensive driving., how to react in different situations.
I also wrote about the dangerous intersection in Berbice i.e., the Canje and Corentyne Public roads. I see works there and I am thinking they are putting a roundabout.
Today I want to raise the issue of the median on the roads. It is my opinion that whoever is designing the roads must have a real understanding of the demographics in every area so they would know where to put the break in the median to allow vehicles to cross.
I am looking at the median in the Coldingen, Enterprise, Melanie area. There is a break in the median on the Coldingen Intersection. The next break is at Dazzle Housing Scheme. Between the two are huge schemes, Coldingen, Block 12 Non Pariel, Enterprise Housing scheme and another scheme as one drives towards the airstrip, Imax Scheme, Bare Root and Melanie.
After Melanie, there is a main road that can take one to Melanie, Enterprise and Bare Root. This was blocked by the median. It means that all traffic would be forced to go through the break at Coldingen and then utilise the residential streets for passage to the various schemes.
This would increase risk to people especially children in these areas. Also, those streets will come under severe pressure from an increased flow of traffic including the big trucks and would be damaged.
I stop here and only hope that the authorities take a look at the area and make some changes that would ease the situation.