PLP On Safety At Tribe Road Number One
“Part-time Minister Pamplin’s continued lack of focus on her Ministerial duties has revealed itself again. Removing the barrier at Tribe Road Number One without putting in place a viable, safer substitute, is a tragedy waiting to happen,” Shadow Tourism Minister Zane DeSilva said.
“First the Ministry claimed the barrier couldn’t be removed because of the potential danger to pedestrians. Now we learn that under Minister Pamplin’s leadership, the position has changed, the barrier suddenly removed and vehicles are now speeding through the pedestrian area, putting more lives at risk.
“The initial issue wasn’t addressed until it hit the media and it appears the Minister will once again be dragged back into the office and away from her day job to react to more negative media coverage.
“This has become a pattern with Minister Pamplin as she has repeatedly been revealed to be out of touch with the workings of her Ministry and reacting to events rather than taking charge and initiating progress. The Minister needs to focus on the job Bermudian taxpayers are paying her to do and have a safer alternative installed on Tribe Road Number One in Southampton.
“As Member of Parliament for the area, I strongly suggest that the Minister gets this done as a matter of urgency.”
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Get off your high horse Zane. Your obfuscating cannot detract from the fact that a W&E are poorly managed and lazy… Not much changed since your lot were in gov.
Zane, perhaps you could remind us of how long ago the child died after hitting the barrier & who did NOTHING about it imediatley afterwards for how many years?
Triangle Drifter, not sure what you are talking about but the child was killed very recently. There hasn’t been “years” since the child was killed.
One thing I’ve learned in my years of working is that the boss does not always need to be involved in the dealings of a business. Similarly, the minister doesn’t always need to be involved in the day to day workings of a department. They only need to come out when the public, or the opposition calls strongly for a response, because no one is going to listen to a worker, who more than likely doesn’t want to be involved with talking to the media. Otherwise, they’re dealing with other things related to the department.
That said, this issue wasn’t handled particularly well. It was obvious that it was going to need quick response due to the high emotions over the child’s death, and rightly so. And there were a number of temporary measures that could have been put in place to solve the problem until a better barrier could have been put in place.
The barrier was there for a reason, you take it away to solve an issue, and the first reason returns.
A little common sense here people, from all sides involved.
Oh dear lord. Stop freaking politicking and offer your assistance, as a person in a position of influence and capability to help, Mr DeSilva.
Zane,
If you were really concerned about the safety issue, it would be easy for you as a construction boss as well as the area MP to sent a few workmen to the site and do what needs to be done. You can fight with the Minister later.