St. Maarten Private Eye

I know for a fact that if all the cars on SXM would be on the road at the same time, you can walk from roof top to roof top to get where you have to go! It is incredible that no matter what time of day of night you drive on the road you are in a traffic-jam! The madness has got to stop somewhere! They should stop giving out new license plates and motor vehicle registrations immediately! And after that start limiting the amount of cars per household to just 1 car, and also the same for the French side!

SXM is just way to small for the amount of cars that are presently on the road. The solution is not building more roads, but limiting the amount of cars. With all the cars on the road, Philipsburg is a virtual nightmare to go to. You can't find a place to park, the congestion and exhaust fumes from the cars are enough to poison you, let alone the aggravation, stress, accidents and God knows what!

This is an appeal to Government to please start doing something about the amount of cars on the road and stop wasting our tax-payers money on building new roads, bridges etc. Its not helping the problem! You can just as well take our money and flush it down the toilet, the only people that are benefiting from it is Windward Roads, Koop Holding and all other foreign contractors! The only solution you have is to limit the amount of cars on the island, its just too much!!

PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The solution to the traffic congestion on St. Maarten is very simple and can be implemented within a designated period of time. In Bermuda it's commonplace for each household to have only 1 vehicle. Owning 2 or more vehicles per household is forbidden by law! We wouldn't have to go that far but the vehicle tax can be raised, or that the tax be doubled for a second car (first car normal tax, second car double, third car triple etc.) Also car rentals should be limited in the amount of enterprises that are allowed and also the amount of cars they are allowed to have. This is the only viable solution in stopping this traffic madness in St. Maarten. The more roads that are the built the more roads need to be maintained. Government can't even properly maintain the roads they already have, they want to build more?? What will happen when Government can't maintain the their bridges and they start collapsing??

Only if these types of measures are taken can public transport have a chance to develop into a proper alternative form of transportation. These measures however can only be taken in cooperation with the French Side. Furthermore some sort of toll should be levied from the French for driving on the Dutch Side since the island is literally invaded by French vehicles. I suggest that a toll be levied per vehicle 100 euros per year. If a household has more than 1 vehicle on the French side then for the second car 200 euros per year on top of the 100 for the first vehicle. This should drastically reduce the amount of vehicles on the road.

Although these measures sound drastic, they are necessary. Think of the financial burden that will be lifted from families struggling to maintain their cars. Think of all the things you can do with the extra money by just having 1 car. You can enjoy life more, less headache, less expenses, less stress, more money to go on holidays, to eat healthier food, more money to spend on your children etc.

Think about it, its just my food for thought.....

Proposed Bridge across the lagoon is not a solution. Banning all private cars is!

As far as I can tell,there is absolutely no need for anyone owning a car. After all, there is nowhere to go.

How about banning all private cars and how about introducing reliable public transport?

How much does is cost to own a car anyway?

Any comments?

Thanks.Janelle