Tag: traffic congestion
Emergency meeting seeks solutions to traffic trouble
(CNS): Just a few weeks after Cayman’s students returned to school, traffic on the roads has reached some of the worst congestion levels ever experienced here, especially for drivers coming from and going to the Eastern Districts. Planning and Infrastructure Minister Joey Hew held an emergency inter-agency meeting last week to find solutions, such as […]
Traffic trouble rolls on as light meter goes live
(CNS): There was little relief for any drivers trying to get through the Hurley’s Roundabout junction on Wednesday, after the new light meter on South Sound Road went live earlier than expected. At around 5:30pm CNS conducted a straw poll of motorists stuck in traffic jams along Crewe Road, Old Crewe Road and South Sound […]
Minister agrees to tackle traffic troubles
(CNS): Government has agreed to examine setting emissions and other standards for vehicles imported into the Cayman Islands and address other issues fuelling congestion on local roads. Responding last week to a motion on the weight of traffic and the importation of vehicles, a merger of two private members’ motions, Joey Hew, the minister responsible […]
Staggered time is a cost effective short term remedy
Mario E. Ebanks writes: One idea/solution that would assist with the chronic “rush hour” traffic congestion on Grand Cayman is staggered time, basically a “shift” system which sets the arrival and departure time of employees (and maybe school children as well) from their workplaces. Is it necessary for every administrative or “white collar” worker to arrive […]
