The installation of poles for the modern traffic lights at critical junctions around the city is expected to begin today, the Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday quoted Ministry of Public Works Traffic Safety Engineer Kadri Paris as saying.

However priority would be given to completing critical intersections at the routes to the National Stadium at Providence.

The lights are being procured and installed under a US$2.1M line of credit from the Export-Import Bank of India under an agreement inked between the governments of Guyana and India on November 7.

Traffic lights will be installed at intersections at Camp and Lamaha streets, Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue, Church and Main streets, the East Coast Highway and Courida Street, the East Bank Highway and the Eccles access road, Mandela Avenue and Hunter Street and on the Ogle Airstrip road and the railway embankment road.