by Carisa Lee

Mo­torists and com­muters of Diego Mar­tin, Care­nage, and en­vi­rons ex­pe­ri­enced hours of slow-mov­ing traf­fic this morn­ing that backed up from Co­corite to as far as Church Street on the Diego Mar­tin Main Road. 

One com­muter told Guardian Me­dia that the traf­fic be­gan from as ear­ly as 7 am.

A source, who asked not to be iden­ti­fied, blamed the traf­fic con­ges­tion on safe­ty bar­ri­ers be­ing placed in­cor­rect­ly along the road. 

The Pro­gramme for Up­grad­ing Road Ef­fi­cien­cy Unit (PURE) un­der the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port is cur­rent­ly el­e­vat­ing the West­ern Main Road in the vicin­i­ty of Co­corite which floods quick­ly when rain falls. 

The source ex­plained that phase one was com­plet­ed last evening and phase two will be done tonight.