Traffic Report

DJ Roadblock: It's Friday, the Whole Country is a Parking Lot, and Somebody Broke Down on Mandela Again

YO. It’s Friday. Big man Friday. DJ Roadblock coming to you live from the top of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, which is currently in the UP position and has been for twenty-three minutes. I am broadcasting from a Corolla that has not moved since 6:47 AM. The driver next to me is eating boil-and-fry corn. We have made eye contact. We are friends now.

THE BRIDGE SITUATION

The Harbour Bridge went up at 6:40 AM for a vessel passage. The vessel was “expected to pass in fifteen minutes.” It has now been thirty-one minutes. The vessel appears to be having some kind of dispute with the tug. Witnesses on the east bank say the captain is visible on the deck gesturing in what appears to be patois. The tug is not responding. The tide is turning. This could be another hour.