Company helps repaint street crossings

Spectra Industrial general manager David Stuart (right) and workers re-painting the pedestrian crossing along the Air Corpse Road. This pedestrian crossing is one of the busiest in the city as commuters cross here to do their marketing at Lae Market daily. – Nationalpic by LARRY ANDREW

A BUSINESS in Lae is voluntarily re-painting and marking street crossings which are worn out and hardly visible to motorists and pedestrians until they are right on it.
Some of these crossings around the Morobe capital have become dangerous for pedestrians as they are not visible in wet and rainy conditions and signs have disappeared.
Spectra Industrial general manager David Stuart told The National that his company, as part of its community obligation, had stepped in to refresh the markings so they are seen from a distance by motorists and pedestrians.
Stuart said they started a crossings campaign a month ago with two pedestrian crossings completed at the bus stop area on Milford Haven Road (Anderson Express and Puma fuel).
“The rational is this, it has faded significantly and has a real potential for pedestrian injury as commuters alight and cross at will,” he said.
“I was pleased to see a traffic backup caused by the commuters actually using the crossing.
“The quality of the road limits the ability to cover some spots, but we are targeting danger points such as schools, bus stops, hospitals, Lae Market and Top Town.
Stuart said Spectra workshop team manager Elias Yamai who with his three sons and Spectra staff volunteered on Sundays to help with the crossings programme.