Traffic light timing blamed for major congestion

Traf­fic light tim­ing at Dock Road near the Hy­att Re­gency along the west­bound lane of Wright­son Road is be­ing blamed for ma­jor traf­fic con­ges­tion dur­ing peak hours.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said it had been made aware that the tim­ing of the traf­fic lights was dis­rupt­ing the nor­mal flow of traf­fic in the area.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, traf­fic en­gi­neers from the Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion are work­ing to ad­dress the prob­lem.

Mo­torists have been urged to ex­er­cise pa­tience and fol­low the in­struc­tions of traf­fic war­dens and po­lice of­fi­cers sta­tioned at in­ter­sec­tions.

The con­ges­tion is the sec­ond ma­jor traf­fic dis­rup­tion to af­fect com­muters in the area in two weeks.

Last week, mo­torists were left stuck in hours of traf­fic fol­low­ing four sep­a­rate ac­ci­dents, cre­at­ing sig­nif­i­cant de­lays along ma­jor road­ways.

The lat­est dis­rup­tion has again re­sult­ed in lengthy trav­el times dur­ing peak hours, prompt­ing au­thor­i­ties to in­ter­vene to ease the flow of traf­fic.

The TTPS is ad­vis­ing mo­torists to ex­er­cise cau­tion and co­op­er­ate with of­fi­cers and traf­fic war­dens as ef­forts con­tin­ue to re­solve the traf­fic light is­sue.