THE EDITOR, Sir:
I HAVE made several observations over the past few months in light of the financial crisis of the Government and I am forced to question the status of corporate responsibility in this country. Are the big business operators really in sympathy with the country's fiscal difficulties? Are they doing enough to mitigate the 'trivial' problems that are usually the responsibility of the Government? Are they conscious of the fact that whatever affects Government will eventually affect everyone else, and what initially was trivial, if not dealt with, suddenly will become a major problem to all? The phrase 'everything is everything' puts it perfectly.
One such observation made was that of the bus stop located on Upper Waterloo Road just before, and adjacent to, the newly built MegaMart. This bus stop has always posed a problem for motorists plying the single lane road, in that it contributes to traffic build-up whenever the buses stop for passengers. A few yards down, MegaMart has built what I thought would have been a bus bay to mitigate this problem, only to see that they have chained off the area and had 'no parking' signs placed there.
MegaMart, in doing its environmental scanning, must have anticipated the traffic situation, particularly since they would have obviously become responsible for increased traffic in the area. MegaMart needs to correct this act of selfishness in the interest of the greater good. Freeing up the restricted area to facilitate a bus bay in order to help ease the traffic situation in this area would be a better idea than placing a MegaMart advertisement at the existing bus stop, which is what they have done.
This is by no means a frivolous beckon to this corporate entity, considering the ultimate economic effects of traffic congestion.
I am, etc.,
MICHAEL M. MYLES
mmmyles@masaka.com
Kingston
