Welcome to the world of transportation planning and traffic engineering. Commonsense solutions to problems are seldom politically popular. Even those backed by reams of data and analysis most times fly straight over a politician’s head. Road development in Cayman is all about getting votes — or losing them.
If you look at the NRA Law, there is a Road Fund established. It is funded with import duties on vehicles, licensing fees, gas tax, diesel tax and infrastructure development fees. Quite a rational thing. Unfortunately that provision of the law is ignored by our governments, and the revenue that is ring-fenced to go to that fund is used for other purposes. Public works and politics are not mutually exclusive, but if we would abide by the laws we make, I believe more rational decisions would be made.
Brian Tomlinson
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