DEAR EDITOR:
I wish to address the maddest decision I have heard yet from this government. This was announced last year by former Public Works Minister Weston and then repeated by Minister Maria Browne during the Budget Debate last week.
The Government’s intention to construct a government office complex opposite Harney Motors on Factory and American Roads.
Really!!! A government complex, on a corner of one of the busiest junctions in Antigua? 500 employees will mean 500 vehicles plus customers. Where will they all park? And how will they get out of the complex onto the roads?
This will be a nightmare, made even more stressful by the importation of yet another 4,000 vehicles this past year.
So now we are up to 60,000 vehicles, including tankers, massive trucks, 18 wheelers and thousands of first time drivers on roads which have not been constructed for this type of pressure.
Of course, we have had no new network of roads built in 60 years.It is the same network of tracks that were turned into roads.
This clearly shows no vision and no planned development.
But that is Antigua.
We just accept everything. Why can’t a government complex be developed out of the built up areas – properly designed? With every development now the question of traffic and parking must be a priority.
This must be a legal part of DCA’s authority.
And while we are at it, this practice of closing off streets in St. John’s must stop, at least until parking and a shuttle service can be provided.
Then we can convert the unsightly, cesspit known as St. John’s into a pedestrian city at certain times.
The traffic situation is impossible and stressful regularly in St. John’s, much less with road closures.
Regards,
Biggs
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One response to “LETTER: Government Madness”
Truth spoken . That building will be a creator of increased vehicular accidents. Out of the city will be ideal.