CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited several members of the top brass of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda to address several issues:

The Police were asked to address the issue of traffic congestion, leading into and out of the City of St. John’s during the hours of 7:00 to 10:30 am, and again from 3:30 to 5:30 pm.

The Police are responsible for traffic control although the traffic lights are operated by the Ministry of Works; congestion is thought to be caused by certain traffic lights, since the traffic seems to flow freely at several junctions when the lights are blinking.

There was agreement that several traffic lights are absolutely necessary if there are to be fewer accidents, and non-reliance upon driver-courtesy in order for the traffic to flow smoothly.

It was agreed that experimentation to test the workability of the proposed easing of traffic flow by blinking lights during the rush hours.

Six additional motorcycles that are currently not being used will be outfitted with lights and sirens in order to supplement the effort at traffic control.