Frustration over road works executed during busy traffic hours
The show was aired on Saturday November 9, 2012 and hosted by Mr Julio S. Henry, along with co-host Mr Richard C. De Castro.
The first caller who raised the issue said the Public Works Department created a major inconvenience to motorists by choosing to execute road works in Road Town during busy traffic hours.
“These guys come down town sometime from 8 or 9 ‘o’clock and they down here until 3 ‘o’ clock in the afternoon just blocking up Road Town. I mean whose idea is that to send these guys them out. If it’s Jeffrey [Skelton] or somebody under Jeffrey it needs to stop.”
The caller pointed out that just recently a major traffic buildup was caused due to road works being conducted in the vicinity of Scotia Bank during the week. “You cannot have these people on the on the road at this time.”
The caller also suggested that Public Works have certain road works in Road Town done during weekends when the traffic is less heavy.
A few other calls expressed the same sentiments.
A caller who claimed he works in the Public Works Department said he understood the caller’s concern but Government was not willing to pay overtime to have such works done on the weekends.
“The people over me are not paying any over time money and they expecting people to work on the weekend. They ain’t paying no money to work on the weekend so I have to do my job during the week,” the caller explained.
The same caller also said that whenever works are being executed, and especially if it would be of inconvenience to motorists and other users of the road, that notices be put on the air or in the media to inform the people but the Department does not do that, he claimed.
Mr Henry then asked the caller who makes the decision to execute works in busy traffic areas at a certain time to which the caller said he was not in a position to disclose that information.
Mr Henry also suggested the need for flaggers to control traffic when work is being done on busy roads.
Meanwhile, Mr De Castro suggested that the Department stagger the work hours so that certain road works could be executed before or even after busy traffic hours.
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But then again what yu all expect when yu all vote NDP anyway.
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Consequently, to the maximum extent practical, any planned road repair, maintenance or construction work should be planned and scheduled for times that are the least inconveniencing to motorists, ie, weekends, holidays or nights. Doing some work at night will be more expensive but is the least inconveniencing to motorists. Further, any planned road closures should include press releases, public service announcements and should employ traffic safety plans. Moreover, emergency road closures should also be accompanied by press releases and traffic control.