We really needed another highway now nobody will deny that
And a well-built beautiful highway is exactly what we got.
They call it the Harquail By-Pass, a most appropriate name.
From almost into West Bay itself where it joins the West Bay Road
And right on to the junction of Godfrey Nixon Way
I guess most of you have checked it out? I know I did one evening,
And cruising along at 35 miles per hour
I got blasted from someone speeding.

Now this by-pass has interrupted my exercise
As it’s constructed across most of the dykes
With 5 – 6 feet above the canals
I can’t even ride my bikes.
And my dog, Indiana, is wary of highways
With the vehicles travelling so fast
She understands the dangers involved with traffic
So she bluntly refuses to cross.

You see? We used to cross the West Bay Road
Until they installed a third lane there,
And since that became so life threatening
It’s left us with a constant fear.
Now I understand there are tons of complaints
From tourists and locals alike
At the junction of Lawrence and West Bay Road
Where they have installed the traffic lights.

They’re saying the lights are not helping at all
And should never have been installed.
Traffic and tempers were so embroiled
That traffic police had to be called.
The tourists said they hadn’t come to the island
To spend all their vacation on the road.
It took them two hours to travel a mile
While they sat frustrated and bored.

They threatened that they wouldn’t return again
To our beautiful Island in the sun.
They could find another destination
And probably have just as much fun.
And the locals’ comments made a lot of sense,
They didn’t think much of the plan
Whoever said putting lights on a road so congested
Is something we can’t understand?

Note: Written in 2006 before the bypass was extended even further along the West Bay Road which helped alleviate the congestion at the traffic lights.