First impressions are lasting and this letter is being written in order to direct attention once again to the Macoya-Piarco roundabout portion of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, the main gateway to Trinidad and, to some extent, Tobago. I therefore need not point to the importance of keeping this area attractive. Following are some matters of concern:
1. Following the car accident which claimed the lives of two people and resulted in Justice Kangaloo being critically injured, the authorities saw it fit to erect concrete dividers along some portions of the offending "killer" strip. One would have thought that the mere existence of these structures would have brought home to motorists the need for caution. However, this unfortunately has not been the case as motorists continue to crash into, and to dislocate, the barriers at regularly. What else needs to be done? A solution must be found.
2. Stumps of trees and the absence of some streetlighting poles, evidence of accidents, have remained unattended for several months.
3. The relic of the building understood to be the headquarters of PanTrinbago, remains unfinished and unsightly, after at least 10 years, as a monument to indecision and waste. Is it not clear that PanTrinbago has no interest in being housed in the Trincity area? Should the Government not withdraw its offer to this body and cut its losses by inviting sealed bids for the structure from socially-oriented organisations?One recalls that the structure, being unsightly, was clothed with a green mesh just prior to the Summit of the Americas and the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. The galvanize fence, shorings and supports have long departed.
4. When will work on widening the bridge after the Trincity Mall be re-commenced so that the lane bottleneck may be alleviated?
5. Now that the walk-over at the Baptist Primary School at Maloney has been completed, is it not time that work on the one which was promised at Oropune to commence?
6. Consolidated Appliances must be congratulated for giving a facelift to its factories and surroundings. One would hope that this action on the part of Consol will be emulated by its neighbours.
Errol Cupid
Tacarigua