Raised cross walks proposed for Road Town
The raised cross walks are seen as a proposed measure that would allow drivers to slow down and give preference to pedestrians once in Road Town. This, according to Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool, is a plan he had since he was first elected to office in 2000.
“When you come in to the town you are expected to slow down, you are expected to drive slowly and not only expected you will have to drive slow. So you will see more of what is described here as raised cross walks. Not speed bumps, we are not going to put those big ugly things that are all over the island.”
According to Hon. Vanterpool, who was speaking to Crafts Alive and Cruise Pier vendors at a meeting at the Moorings Conference Room on April 3, 2012, he expects persons to complain about the plan because “everybody wants to dash through town fast and get where they are going very quickly” but the concept that Government is going to be creating is that the cars must give preference to pedestrians in Road Town.
He also noted that a plan has already been sent to caucus for raised cross walks to be installed on the road from Sea View to the Waterfront. “So traffic will have to slow down.”
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