Today’s Nation Newspaper contains an article about the traffic changes in Wildey and the effect on local businesses. My casual observation shows that the Shell gas station has suffered a large down-turn in business and this is reinforced by the fact that mine was the only vehicle in the station on Tuesday evening at 5:15 pm, which is usually a busy time for them.
I was appalled therefore, when I read the same article that the Project Manager of the Barbados Road Network Infrastructure Improvement Project (that was a mouthful) stated that there was no intention to hold town hall meetings “as he preferred one-on-one dialogue (with business owners) which the public relations companies could arrange”.
Is this a classic case of “divide and rule”?? He also seemed to brush off concerns about the change in bus route and inconvenience to commuters was “something we had recognised before but somehow nothing was done about it. The technical officer will deal with that situation.
It seems that the Ministry is of the opinion that they have a job to do and consulting with road users and business owners is an unnecessary distraction. After all, what can lay people possibly know about traffic management??
The Observations of a Simple Bajan 