Dear Editor,
The breakdown in communication inside government is nothing new to me. On many occasions when this occurred in the past the reaction was a shrug of the shoulder, which was made popular by a member of government who is labeled arrogant. The majority of vehicles owners have become attached to the number plate of their vehicles and cherish these, whereas the number plate is part of the identification of the vehicle.
It was published in the papers that no number plates will be held over for the original owners after March 30. At the same time government extends the deadline to be able to use the plates from 2017 ’til the end of May.
I am reacting to this, most probably because of second nature on two occasions I noticed two different motor vehicles with the same 2017 and 2018 number. I would think that this sort of disrupts the administration of the insurance companies and the motor vehicle inspection office.
Now this. On page seven of The Daily Herald of April 9, 2018, there is a picture of a solar-powered bus stop (hut). A great gesture, but I am skeptical. I do not recall reading any publication of bus stops and where they will be placed. I might be deemed unreasonable in this case but by now we should know the amount of years that I have been suggesting to government to regulate public transportation in the correct way and nothing has been done.
Bus stop huts, not bus stop signs, with solar-energy-boosted chargers for mobile devices. How long are these devices going to be around before they are destroyed or become obsolete? Was advice solicited on this matter? When was this approved and by whom? This again sounds like a deal, making money off the people while the people are not being properly served. I hope the APS will not have to bail out anyone again?
I would assume that if 60 bus stop huts are going to be built that from the side of government the so-very-necessary new bus routes have already been determined and both bus stop signs along with those bus stop huts will be placed along those routes at reasonable accessible areas for the public. For instance The Keys and Nazareth road just to name a couple.
If not, again we will be having a breakdown in communication and we will be having stand alone bus stop-huts in one place and bus stops signs in another place. That's if government decides to do something about the public transportation. This time it is 60 bus stop huts being built and erected along the road, with or without the proper authorization. What can we expect next, dog toilets along the road? When is it going to stop.
Russell A. Simmons
