Motorists complain of traffic buildups at raised crosswalk in RT
Persons hitching rides to get home in the afternoon during peak hours has been identified as the main problem. Some persons have also said they do not see the need for the erecting of the bypass high rise at in the Craft Alive area as they are of the opinion that a nicely designed sign board and a pedestrian crossing would have fulfilled the intended purpose.
“Now since they put up the high rise here every body making it into a taxi and hitch-a-ride point stop,” said a resident. According to the concerned citizen the practice causes an unnecessary build up of traffic at the traffic lights area during peak hours. “Sometime you there at that traffic lights for such a long time that the light changes four, five times and you still don't get to pass.”
Another resident said that he does not feel the decision to build a high rise was carefully thought out, “Yes it looks beautiful to the eyes of the beholders, for me it is not a big thing for the tourist but it had good intentions but again I don’t feel they give it much thought before putting it in.”
A local resident Fern Y. Melone told Virgin Island’s News Online that she thinks the solution to the problem would be the instituting of a law, which prohibits taking in or putting off passengers at that location. “This is a nice thing, I personally like it because it provides a direct link to Main Street from Craft Alive but what has to be done to stop this building up of traffic at the traffic lights is that they need to put traffic cops there and stop people from putting off or taking in passengers at that spot especially during the peak hours, let’s say from 4 to 6 [P.M.], no picking up or putting off people there.”
It was also expressed that the traffic is usually at its worse when the road has to be blocked and transformed into a one-lane to facilitate road works. “We know that is temporary but here again, like the lady said, we should have some traffic patrol or leave traffic at that point especially during the peak hours.”
The erecting of the high rise in the area was an initiative put into fruition to facilitate the easy access and link to Main street with the intention of improving business activities especially by tourist, in that area. It is part of the Road Town Development project.
30 Responses to “Motorists complain of traffic buildups at raised crosswalk in RT”
While talking of officer Callwood - when will we see other police officers as dedicated as this man?
Yuh jokey, boss.
A raised cross walk after a stop light and before two more cross walks. Traffic is backed up? No??? Cant be?? How could that happen? Vanterpool probably got this idea from the same moron who said traffic lights could work on a roundabout.
Simple....If you are keeping the raised cross walk, remove some of the other cross walks. you obviously cant have traffic stopping every 27 feet...then again this is the BVI
We should fix the bump, and stop right turns into that road.
Sadly also, one does not need any credentials to be a Gov't minister that why they do so much $h1tt to the country
Please proceed with caution before you place anymore of those ugly big speed bumps in the town and especially before or after a traffic light