The frequent breakdown of traffic lights throughout Apia is a cause of concern to motorists who are already looking at increased vehicles on the road in the coming months.
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Taumaoe Taunu’uga of Lotopa was among people who are saying that fixing the traffic lights before the Small Island Developing States (S.I.D.S.) conference in September is a must.
Taumaoe is addressing his concerns to the Land Transport Authority (L.T.A).
“It’s almost daily that one set of those traffic lights goes out especially in the afternoon,” he said.
“Some people don’t care about this but for a father like myself who wakes up every morning to take my children to school, I believe there should be something done about it.”
“Then there are others who travel through the busy traffic every morning to work who feel we must do something about it.”
“If the machines that run the traffic lights don’t work properly or are old, we can use other systems because we are also talking about people’s lives.”
Another complainant is Tavita Lolomasei, of Vaitele Fou.
“I am a driver of nearly twenty years and changes in Samoa are happening so fast,” he said.
“Almost every family has a car in Samoa so when the lights are often not working, it is something that should be dealt with straight away.”
“I’d prefer to bring back those policemen who directed traffic in the middle of the road like in the olden days and take off those traffic lights that the government spent millions and millions of dollars on.”
“What a waste of money! It seems like these new changes in Samoa like traffic lights don’t last more than five years.”
Asked for a comment, the Chief Executive Officer of L.T.A. Leasi Vainalepa Galuvao said, “…with the traffic lights, this is very sensitive equipment and any power outage or power fluctuation will render them out of service.”
“They are programmed to start automatically when the power comes on again and is stable.”
“However, this function (automatic power on) is limited so once a certain number of auto start ups is reached.....the system goes into safety mode and the relevant personnel need to come in and reset (and check) the system.”
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