Traffic Department prepared for Cricket Carnival – Traffic Chief

With the expected traffic increase this month due to Guyana hosting its inaugural Cricket Carnival, the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Traffic Department said it is prepared to deal with all traffic issues that may arise.
Traffic Chief Dennis Stephen said that the department is fully aware of all of the events that will be taking place, and they will make it their duty to ensure that all road users reach their destinations safely.

“We would have implemented many new traffic postures to help address the situation and, for example, persons who are proceeding to the venue on the day, we advise that they use the eastern side of the eastern carriageway on the East Bank of Demerara,” he said.
He advised persons who are proceeding beyond the National Stadium where the carnival events will be held, to reroute to the western side of the eastern carriageway.
“We are also taking into consideration the large amount of persons that will be proceeding over to the West Coast of Demerara…depending on the time, we will have a third lane…”, the Traffic Chief explained.
The Traffic Chief added that there will be paid parking available on the Providence, East Bank Public Road, for those persons that will find it difficult to park during the activities.
Once the matches are complete, patrons are being urged to proceed further east and use the Windsor Estate Access Road to head to Georgetown on the Eccles to Mandela four-lane highway.
He further urged people to carpool to help lessen the traffic congestion, while highlighting that aside from traffic ranks, traffic signs and cones will be erected along the road to help people navigate their way to the matches and beyond the stadium.
The Cricket Carnival activities will start on September 16 and will end on October 2, 2022.
Kicking off these exciting activities are a string of concerts slated for May 25-29. The first concert will be the Cooler Touchdown Party, followed by the Baderation Dancehall Mega Concert, the El Dorado Stinging Nettles Concert, the Stink and Duty J’ouvert, Eden the Gold and White Toga Party, and then the final event: the Soca and Wine Party.
These concerts will be headlined by soca, dancehall and chutney’s latest trending artistes, such as Kes and the Band, Patrice Roberts, Skeng, Shaneil Muir, Young Bredda, Gully Ras, cKush, Drew Thoven, Vanilla, Nessa, Vicadi Singh, Tony Cuttz, Ravi B, Kenneth Salick, and Heat Wave and Fame band. (G9)With the expected traffic increase this month due to Guyana hosting its inaugural Cricket Carnival, the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Traffic Department said it is prepared to deal with all traffic issues that may arise.
Traffic Chief Dennis Stephen said that the department is fully aware of all of the events that will be taking place, and they will make it their duty to ensure that all road users reach their destinations safely.
“We would have implemented many new traffic postures to help address the situation and, for example, persons who are proceeding to the venue on the day, we advise that they use the eastern side of the eastern carriageway on the East Bank of Demerara,” he said.
He advised persons who are proceeding beyond the National Stadium where the carnival events will be held, to reroute to the western side of the eastern carriageway.
“We are also taking into consideration the large amount of persons that will be proceeding over to the West Coast of Demerara…depending on the time, we will have a third lane…”, the Traffic Chief explained.
The Traffic Chief added that there will be paid parking available on the Providence, East Bank Public Road, for those persons that will find it difficult to park during the activities.
Once the matches are complete, patrons are being urged to proceed further east and use the Windsor Estate Access Road to head to Georgetown on the Eccles to Mandela four-lane highway.
He further urged people to carpool to help lessen the traffic congestion, while highlighting that aside from traffic ranks, traffic signs and cones will be erected along the road to help people navigate their way to the matches and beyond the stadium.
The Cricket Carnival activities will start on September 16 and will end on October 2, 2022.
Kicking off these exciting activities are a string of concerts slated for May 25-29. The first concert will be the Cooler Touchdown Party, followed by the Baderation Dancehall Mega Concert, the El Dorado Stinging Nettles Concert, the Stink and Duty J’ouvert, Eden the Gold and White Toga Party, and then the final event: the Soca and Wine Party.
These concerts will be headlined by soca, dancehall and chutney’s latest trending artistes, such as Kes and the Band, Patrice Roberts, Skeng, Shaneil Muir, Young Bredda, Gully Ras, cKush, Drew Thoven, Vanilla, Nessa, Vicadi Singh, Tony Cuttz, Ravi B, Kenneth Salick, and Heat Wave and Fame band. (G9)