Traffic lights proposed for Linden

Chairperson of the Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) Local Government Committee, Sandra Adams has put forward recommendations for traffic lights to be placed at at least five main, strategic corners in the Linden community.

During a recent meeting of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), Adams said the recommendations were discussed during a Committee meeting, while she urged Regional Chairman Renis Morian for those recommendations to be

discussed with members of the Road Safety Council. The areas include strategic points such as the junction of Republic Avenue and Co-op Crescent, leading into Greenheart Street; the Five Corner area and the Amelia’s Ward main junction; all at Mackenzie; while the areas recommended to benefit from traffic lights at Wismar include the junction of Burnham Drive and Winifred Gaskin Highway and the Four Corner area.

Adams said the areas were discussed because they are critical junctions where there is a lot of traffic and “confusion”. Last year, the Regional Chairman had outlined during a meeting that traffic lights for the Five Corner area – one of the main thoroughfares in the Linden community – would be placed in the 2017 Budget. Once this development comes on stream, it would be a boost in the infrastructural enhancement of the community, where this feature is lacking. The only traffic lights in the Linden community were situated at the Mackenzie/Wismar

bridge, but those malfunctioned years ago. The areas which were recommended by the Local Government Committee Chairman would usually suffer traffic build-up, especially on weekdays. A driver told this newspaper that the installation of traffic lights would be a welcomed initiative.

“I think that would be the right step towards development in Linden because any driver can tell you what usually takes place on some of those intersection corners most days. With the traffic lights it would improve the flow of traffic and ease some of the disorder.”