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219689. Over the past fifteen years, Barbados has faced a rapid change in traffic patterns, due to the increasing number of motor vehicles on the roads affecting traffic flows and patterns. The growing volume of traffic on the roads, especially at peak periods, is a cause of increasing public concern. The main objective of the IDB Road Rehabilitation and Improving Connectivity of Road Infrastructure Programme is to improve the quality of Barbados’ road infrastructure, in order to enhance tour...

Piotr Nowak/PAP The government has rolled out a new road safety programme aimed at making the country’s highways and byways safer for their users. The PLN 2.5-billion (EUR 550-million) Safe Road Infrastructure Programme aims to reduce in the years 2021-24 the number of road accident fatalities by at least 40 percent, and the number of serious injuries by at least 41 percent. Funds for the programme will come from the National Road Fund. According to the...

MINISTER without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with respo...

[co-author: Humzah Irfan] At Sullivans monthly seminar in December, Mark Norris, partner at Sullivan’s London office, reflected on a roller-coaster year in 2020, breaking down key trade finance related events and picking up on common themes with a view on how issues from 2020 might feed into 2021. Key points from Mark’s presentation included: Sanctions – President Trump’s use of the US sanctions regime has been keen to say the least, with US secondary sanctions having a wide, extrajudic...