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Four-way traffic stop being erect at Mangrove Junction, St. Philip

Not enough - Barbados Today

Government will have to do more to put the brakes on frequent accidents at the Mangrove junction in St Philip, some residents and the President of the Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) Sharmane Roland-Bowen have suggested.On Tuesday night, on the heels of a recent spate of accidents, the latest occurring last Sunday, work crews from the Ministry of Transport Works and Water Resources erected a four-way traffic stop at the location.Reduce speed signs and stop signs were installed at Mangrove Main Road, which is the Four Roads to Airport stretch of the road. Previously, stop signs and reduce speed signs were only placed along the two minor roads at Mangrove and Market Road.While residents welcomed the initial action as a positive step, they were not convinced it would deliver the intended results and suggested that either a roundabout or traffic lights might be a better solution.Longtime resident Egbert Lashley, who was watching the crews on the job on Tuesday night, told Barbados

Chalky Mount resident seeks assistance amid worry house could slip into gully

A Hopewell, Chalky Mount, St Andrew mother is living in fear that her home could slip into a nearby gully as a result of work done by the Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW).But the MTW’s deputy chief engineer Philip Tudor has assured that the ministry has been trying to find a solution.Small business owner Camille Bryant, who occupies an upstairs and downstairs wall and timber house with eight other occupants, told Barbados TODAY on Thursday that from what she could see, a substantial amount of water was settling under a stack of gabion baskets the MTW had erected directly in front of her house.She said while the work, which has been starting and stopping since October 2021, was done to help stabilise the eroding land, it was creating problems for her.“I believe that over time if nothing is done, the house will be pushed into the gully,” the concerned resident said.

Minister promises much-needed repairs to be undertaken next financial year

Road works cost Gov't over $16 million - Barbados Today