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Proposed Climb Lane on the left |
Monday, March 5, 2007 – The Ministry of Works and Transport is looking
into the construction of a climbing lane on the Choc hill—the slope from the
Choc junction towards the Almond Morgan Bay Hotel. This lane is expected to be
established specifically for lorries and other heavy equipment vehicles.
Though this is not a project which can be accomplished before the hosting of the
World Cup Minister for Communications, Works, Transport and Public Utilities
Honourable Guy Joseph thinks the measure may be necessary, because of the
traffic problems these kinds of vehicles pose on that part of the
Castries/Gros-Islet Highway.
“I believe that usually when we have heavy traffic, a cement truck or truck with
heavy loads really slows down the flow of traffic. So we are looking at building
a climbing lane on the left hand side of the road so that these vehicles would
not impede the flow of regular traffic when they are climbing with a load,” the
minister said.
The ministry, he says, will also undertake major improvements to the Marisule
junction with the enhancement of the separate lane for traffic coming from the
Corinth area unto the Gros-Islet highway towards Castries. The minister says
this will significantly ease the traffic congestion in that area.
“Because this junction is one of the areas which causes a major traffic backup
up to Mongiraud on mornings, we are going to do some remedial works there in the
short term. If this is not completed prior to World Cup, immediately after, we
will be looking at reorganising this junction completely, so we can have a much
better flow of traffic,” said Minister Joseph.
The Ministry of Works is presently undertaking major repair to the
Castries/Gros-Islet Highway from the Choc junction to the Gros-Islet junction,
while works on the first phase of the highway's rehabilitation, from the Vigie
round-about to the Choc junction, continue.
The section of works from the Choc to Gros-Islet is expected to be completed
before the staging of the World Cup, which commences in the Caribbean from March
11th. Work on the first phase, meantime, will come to a halt with the start of
the event, and will be completed when it ends.
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