Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji’s (CCP) Road Safety & Traffic Management Committee (RSTMC) met here on the eve of Road Safety Week, laying out an extensive charter of civic and enforcement measures aimed at making the state capital’s streets safer over the coming six months.Among the issues taken up were long-pending civic grievances such as damaged pay-parking signage, abandoned vehicles littering city roads, and faded zebra crossings that have raised pedestrian safety concerns. The committee also discussed restoring critical signage such as “No Entry” boards, installing speed limit markers, and identifying accident-prone zones across the city for corrective action.Officials from the education department, traffic cell, Kadamba Transport Corporation, health department, PWD and transport department were present for the meeting.“We looked at the challenges that the departments have regarding their own parking requirements for staff and visitors. We looked at the need to have a combined filing system for notifications pertaining to zebra crossings, speed breakers, no-entry and other traffic related notifications. It will help in making decisions,” said member of the North Goa district road safety committee Roland Martins, who attended the meeting.Officials said that the proposed solutions would be implemented in a staggered manner as appropriate finances are set aside to address road safety issues.A significant part of the agenda centred on enforcing Supreme Court directives on pavements and pedestrian rights, with members also flagging an inspection of the encroachment-hit pavements at EDC Patto Plaza.On the administrative front, the RSTMC will see a reappointment of its members for 2026, alongside orientation sessions for all CCP councillors on road safety and traffic management. Training programmes for RSTMC members are also planned in collaboration with Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA).Officials confirmed that funds for these initiatives would be earmarked from the CCP’s budget allocation. In a major push, the corporation announced it will organise a CCP road safety and traffic management fortnight, to be rolled out across all 30 city wards, effectively extending the week-long national observance into a sustained, six-month safety drive across Panaji.Every day, two wards of the city will be covered as part of the drive, a CCP official said.
