Tag: National Roads Authority
Residents give thumbs down to roundabout change
(CNS): Sir Alden McLaughlin MP has asked the National Roads Authority Board to rethink its decision to restrict drivers exiting the Grand Harbour commercial complex to a left turn only. At a packed public meeting at the Seafarers Hall in Red Bay Thursday night, residents gave the change an overwhelming thumbs down. Officials claimed it […]
NRA cuts exit options at Grand Harbour roundabout
(CNS): As part of ongoing efforts to reduce traffic congestion for commuters who live east of George Town, the National Roads Authority (NRA) is making changes to the Century 21 (Grand Harbour) Roundabout so that drivers exiting the shopping area can only turn left and must use the roundabout at Red Bay to make a […]
NRA to address poorly laid out junction
(CNS): Roadworks are now well underway at the junction of Homestead Crescent and Shamrock Road in Savannah to address what drivers have long said is a poorly configured intersection. The National Roads Authority has said it is working to realign the junction to improve the sight distance for vehicles entering and exiting.
Work begins on widening existing EWA
(CNS): The National Roads Authority (NRA) has begun work on widening the existing East-West Arterial from Poindexter Road to Hirst Road from two lanes to four. This next phase of work is part of the continued effort to tackle Grand Cayman’s mounting congestion and reduce the commute times during rush hour for people living in […]
McLean ‘resigns’ from NRA a month after appointment
(CNS): Officials from the National Roads Authority have confirmed that Cabinet is considering a new board chairperson as Gilbert McLean has resigned from the post a month after he was officially appointed. However, CNS understands that McLean, who heads up the UCCI board, never formally accepted the position in the first place and may never […]
High cost of EWA could make project prohibitive
(CNS): It is now about eight years since the government estimated that extending the East-West Arterial Road from Hurst Road all the way to Frank Sound, based only on materials and labour, would cost as much as $70 million, according to information released by the government under the Freedom of Information Law and shared with […]
Official gazette doesn’t set EWA plans in stone
(CNS): Comments by former East End MP Arden McLean at a public meeting in Savannah Thursday evening, which stirred up social media, were misleading, according to local attorney Steve McField. McLean claimed that because the East-West Arterial Road extension was gazetted in 2005, the decision had been made.
NRA says it is tackling Grand Harbour congestion
(CNS): The impact of bringing commuters from North Side and East End to George Town more quickly, if the East-West Arterial extension to Frank Sound goes ahead, will not necessarily be part of the terms of reference for the environmental impact assessment. But National Roads Authority Director Edward Howard said the NRA is tackling the […]
Just two public meetings set to discuss EWA extension
(CNS): The National Conservation Council is expected to publish the completed draft terms of reference (ToR) for an environmental impact assessment of the controversial East-West Arterial Road extension on Monday. The ToR will form the subject of a public consultation process lasting 21 days that includes, so far, only two public meetings, one in North […]
UCCI chair to also take over NRA board
(CNS): Gilbert McLean has been appointed as chairman of the National Roads Authority (NRA) Board of Directors, replacing Alric Lindsay, who resigned at the end of November largely because of the journalism work he is doing for Digicel’s news site, Loop. McLean is also chair of the UCCI board, for which he receives a stipend […]
EWA extension ‘crucial’, claims roads minister
(CNS): The minister responsible for roads, Jay Ebanks, has said that the East-West Arterial Road extension is the most crucial of all the road projects that the National Roads Authority is working on. However, the proposed road is also one of the most controversial, as the bulk of the next phase poses a direct threat […]
