{"id":20236,"date":"2012-04-04T08:35:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T12:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=20236"},"modified":"2012-04-11T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T13:26:08","slug":"mini-roundabout-at-west-bay-street-and-arawak-cay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/04\/mini-roundabout-at-west-bay-street-and-arawak-cay","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Roundabout At West Bay Street and Arawak Cay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20237\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20237 \" title=\"smith-bullock\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/smith-bullock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/smith-bullock.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/smith-bullock-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/smith-bullock-250x115.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Smith, assistant engineer (left) and David Bullock, chief civil engineer, speak to the media about the new mini-roundabout installed at West Bay Street and Arawak Cay. (BIS Photo\/Letisha Henderson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nassau, The Bahamas \u2013 A mini-roundabout has been installed at the West Bay Street and Arawak Cay junction as a temporary measure to assist with traffic management in this area.<\/p>\n<p>David Bullock, chief civil engineer in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, said the roundabout is a very simplistic way of trying to regulate traffic flow to make it easier particularly for lorries and tractor trailers exiting Arawak Cay.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20239\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20239\" title=\"miniround-arawak\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/miniround-arawak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/miniround-arawak.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/miniround-arawak-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/miniround-arawak-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured is one of the signs erected at the junction of West Bay Street and Arawak Cay to warn motorists about the new mini-roundabout installed there. (BIS Photo\/Letisha Henderson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMany lorries access this junction. We\u2019ve got long term plans to make improvements but we recognise the need to do something very quickly in the short term so we\u2019ve introduced a mini roundabout,\u201d said Mr. Bullock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognise the need to strengthen what we\u2019ve got, make some small improvements to signs and additional work on the linings to make it clearer to drivers.\u201d<br \/>\nHe advises motorists to approach the area with care, be observant, and give way to traffic on the right.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Smith, assistant engineer, said there are signs on the three legs of the roundabout to inform approaching vehicles at this intersection to yield to traffic on the right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a painted road marking so drivers can actually drive over it and is the same level as the road surface. There is no obstruction and no built in curbing. Traffic on the roundabout itself has the right away,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term plans include a signalized intersection and expansion of lanes. Officials hope that if the short-term measure is successful the concept can be introduced in other key locations throughout the island.<\/p>\n<p>By Kathryn Campbell<br \/>\nBahamas Information Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mini-roundabout has been installed at the West Bay Street and Arawak Cay junction as a temporary measure to assist with traffic management in this area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[119,62],"class_list":["post-20236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-roads","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}