Letter to the Editor

Constructive criticism needed over traffic congestions

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Dear Sir,

With reference to the traffic congestion experienced during Christmas week and in particular on 24 December, after a delightful dive in West Bay a trip back to my condo, which would normally have taken 10 minutes took an hour and 15 minutes. After listening to various commentaries during a talk show and calling the police, it seems the following might be worthy of consideration.

Examines the reasonableness of blacking major arteries of vehicular traffic in favour of pedestrians from cruise ships.

Designate pedestrian crossings and control foot traffic as well as vehicular traffic with well-trained and courteous law enforcement folk so as it minimise congestions on the thoroughfares.

Have in place some sort of an emergency vehicle system so in the unlikely event emergency vehicles are needed they will not be detained due to traffic.

Advise cruise ship personnel in advance so they can advise their passengers regarding "special circumstances" when an unusual number of vessel visit Cayman.

Consider scheduling vessels' arrival and departure times much like airlines, so that congestions can me minimised, or at least properly planned so as to stagger to as a great an extent as possible vehicle and traffic flow.

It would seem that constructive criticism might be of more benefit than to rehash the obvious.

Cayman is such a wonderful spot, with wonderful folk living on the island. It would be a shame to leave a faulty impression who get stuck in traffic congestion such as what was experienced on 24 December.

No doubt common sense, interested individuals on the island and perhaps some input from others like myself might be of some assistance with respect to alleviate what was obviously an unfortunate set of circumstances and decision that caused the type of delays experienced throughout the day.

Corky Steiner

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