“It is still happening because streets and roads in Yangon are not fully usable as roads and vehicles were important without considering road conditions,” said Police Colonel Kyaw Htwe, the head of Myanmar Traffic Police Force.
The heavy traffic jams started five years ago when the government changed regulations on car imports. To counter the problem, Yangon’s regional government has been building overpasses, expanding the width of roads and making parking spaces by shrinking the size of the sidewalks.
“Building overpasses will not solve the problem. However, it can ease the traffic partially. There are more to work for instant, conducting accurate surveys, maintain and upgrading traffic light system, parking lots, calculating the ratio of vehicles and roads,” said Hla Aung, chairperson of Yangon’s supervisory committee for motor vehicles.
Traffic police have also said that they are currently understaffed and needed to hire more traffic officers to to help reduce traffic jams.
“There are at least 50 roads that cause heavy traffic. Those places need traffic officers to clear the traffic by working 24 hours daily. The key is to hire more traffic officers for reducing heavy traffic jams,” said Deputy Police Colonel Linn Htut .
A total of 351,985 vehicles have been registered under the Yangon Region Vehicle Registration.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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