I write to show my support against the move by the National Roads Authority to rename Grand Cayman to ‘Coney Island’. I am also not happy with the move by the Department of the Environment to grant protected species status to our cone population. They are not indigenous and do not deserve special treatment.
I also agree that, as has been suggested, the cone budget of the National Roads Authority should be slashed since, instead of reusing cones, they leave them in place forever as no one is assigned to remove them.
Slashing the budget is the only way to enforce reuse and removal of the constant eyesore of unfinished NRA projects.
Finally, the infestation of lane posts needs to be met with resistance. These lane posts are a hazard to traffic and, I am sure, have never been before the Central Planning Authority since no government oversight authority would ever approve the use of such road markers. And even more finally, where are the flyovers for straight-through traffic at the Hurley’s and A.L. Thompson roundabouts? Were these not a very high priority by our lawmakers? Did NRA’s designers not get the message?
Paul de Freitas
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Not only is there a proliferation of cones, but the method in which they are deployed by NRA, CUC, WA, CWC and gardening companies maintaining the median is a fatal accident waiting to happen.
The Road Code advises that drivers of vehicles travelling at 40mph require 40′ to react after reading a sign, and 80′ to stop for a total of 120′ stopping distance. This can “greatly increase”, and some say the braking more than doubles, on wet roads. Dump trucks are regularly present in our traffic and require greater braking distance, especially when loaded. Therefore, proper notice of road work/ers and and the associated dangers must be given to the public so that drivers can react safely.
But drivers are not being properly notified.
Instead, we are suddenly faced with a human being standing in front of a white van holding a sign that says “slow” and all other road signs, including those that instruct drivers to change lanes, appearing 4 feet apart at the site of the danger or within such short distance that we are unable to change lane and must come to a stop to avoid an accident. Not only does this encourage road rage, but it also unnecessarily brings traffic to a crawl.
The NRA needs to take its obligations for road safety seriously and ensure that PROPER notice is provided to the public, enabling us to drive safely.
By the way, I’m uncertain why road workers think that placing cones around a vehicle is supposed to keep them safe…?