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A tractor trailer truck bearing construction freight skidded and jackknifed on North Shore Road near the Aquarium last weekend without causing injury.
Zane DeSilva, chief executive of Island Construction Ltd, said on Friday that the accident occurred...
DATE: Dec 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police yesterday identified a 24-year-old man who lost his life after a crash on Tuesday evening in Sandys.
Romario Simons was seriously injured after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a sports utility vehicle on Middle Road near the junctio...
DATE: Dec 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have begun ticketing drivers over licence plate and vehicle tinting offences – instead of cautioning people not in compliance.
The warning came after police said this week they had given the public a grace period to get in line with regulation...
DATE: Nov 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fines for motorists with illegal licence plates have increased 20-fold under new regulations passed by MPs.
But police said officers had begun by issuing warnings to drivers found breaking the new rules, rather than hitting them with the full penalty...
DATE: Nov 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four electric GP cars are being evaluated to see if they run efficiently and reliably, the Minister of Public Works said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the Kia Soul EV’s were under appraisal to see how they performed, as the Governmen...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Electric vehicles brought to the island will be subject to import duty — although the transport minister said it was too early to say when.
Wayne Furbert, speaking at a press conference yesterday in the wake of the 2022 Throne Speech, said that he ha...
DATE: Nov 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It would have been frequently used back in the days when Government House had a full team of horses and grooms on call.
Now a Brewster Victoria horse-drawn carriage that has sat in storage at Government House at Langton Hill in Pembroke is headed for...
DATE: Nov 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A green transport entrepreneur, riding high on a new e-scooter service, is offering free rides to get more cars off the island’s roads.
Alex Marshall, founder of the Whip Ride Share business, launched in May, spoke this week after the service passed ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of road collisions fell in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period for the past three years, police said yesterday.
But driving while impaired remained “prevalent”, a spokesman said.
The island recorded 264 road traffi...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drivers were asked to avoid an area of Middle Road in Smith’s this afternoon after a two-vehicle crash was reported by police at 12.50pm.
A spokesman advised the collision occurred near the junction of Jennings Road and Middle Road.
Diversions were i...
DATE: Sep 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell