Sando traffic flow set to change

San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello said the plan involves two major changes: a reversal of traffic on Mucarapo, Lord and Library streets and relocation of the Marabella, Princes Town, La Romaine and Fyzabad taxi stands.

The plan, a product of a collaboration between police, the traffic management unit, traffic wardens and various taxi associations, will be tried out for two weeks from July 11, to test feasibility. If it works, it will continue. If the plan doesn’t work, Regrello said, the council would return to the drawing board for a better solution.

“If you try to pass Library Corner on any given day during peak hours you would be amazed at what happens there and we are looking for a solution to that problem,” said Regrello. “By doing this plan, you remove that traffic from Library Corner and direct all traffic away from the city instead of towards it.” The Marabella and Princes Town taxi stands will no longer round the corners of Mucarapo and Library streets.

They will now flank both sides of Mucarapo Street. The La Romaine and all other taxi stands that usually line Coffee Street, from La Pique corner to Carib Street, will be pushed further down Coffee Street so Library corner will stop being a traffic inducing transportation hub.

“That sounds like a better set up that what we have now,” said Cid Thomas, a Princes Town taxi driver. “Based on what you’re showing me here, it would be easier for Princes Town drivers to leave the city.”