Recently I spoke with a top new car salesman who noted that an average of 2,000 vehicles per month (new, used, trucks, vans etc) are registered on the nation's roads. There must be more than 400,000 vehicles on the roads now, and the traffic congestion is causing serious migraines on a daily basis.
True enough, some major highways like the one to Point Fortin is under construction and others are in the pipeline. Highways and roads to accommodate the daily influx of registered vehicles in this country cannot be built overnight. The Government and the Opposition have been trading blows on the feasibility of building the billion-dollar rapid rail system.
In a recent forum held at the South Campus of the National Academy for Performing Arts, UTT professor, Winston Suite, in his response to the 2012/2013 budget advocated that the Government should reconsider its position on the introduction of the rapid rail project.
The billion-dollar project was stopped when the new Government assumed power in 2010 which according to Professor Suite was 'not a wise developmental move.' We should heed his advice or else soon we will be forced to conduct the nation's business on the nation's roads.
Reza Abasali
El Socorro
