 What does it mean to be road smart? Well, the art students at the current secondary and Grand Revere primary know, and they want the public to know, through art. While St. Lucia's Jazz and Arts Festival approached its climax, the combined group of students were busy jazzing up a bus-labai at Grand Revere. The project forms parts of the Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Transport Schools Road Safety Program, amid continued road incidents involving both drivers and pedestrians. Led by Sherman Sylvester, civil engineer with responsibility for road safety, it involves visits to infant and primary schools in particular, teaching students the do's and don'ts, while walking or crossing the road. We recognised during the execution of the road rehabilitation project that a number of children, especially the Grand Revere children, use this area to cross and to get to the schools and to get to the buses. So we thought that we would start here with our Road Safety Moral Initiative where we can depict the message that we have been going on for a few months now in different schools on teaching, on preaching, reminding children and also adults on the basics of using our roads safely and how to cross the roads. Like we've always said, stop, look, listen, think before you cross any road where it has a pedestrian crossing or not or a traffic light. The mural is the brainchild of Ricardo Joseph Bouski, a technician at the Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Transport. He conceptualised the idea upon completion of the Marisol to Grand Revere to Union Road Rehabilitation Project on which he was part of the department's technical team. I was proud of the work and then I just said, you know what happened? Why not do a mural on the two walls? So basically this mural, this wall is actually part one of the project of my whole idea. Part two is at the Marisol entrance where my whole idea is to have Corinne do it because it's a bigger wall taller and then half-ganry and with Corinne's assistance. So as you can see, this is the final product of it. Nigel Fede is a visual arts teacher at the Corinne Secondary School. A lot of subjects don't have the part where the students can actually put what they are learning in the classroom into a reality or real situation. So my students are teaching them graphic design and that's one way they can actually utilise that talent where they can create murals and build boards and signs for everyone to see. So I'm happy that that was made possible by the Ministry of Infrastructure. I also like to thank the primary school students who come out and learn. I hope some of them will come to Corinne and also join the art group at a Corinne Secondary School and I hope they continue to join because I noticed that not a lot of parents like or encourage the students to go down the half-path. So I think it's really cool to see a lot of them liking art and actually incorporate it into something they can do in a professional manner. Teacher Peter Philogen spoke on behalf of the Grand Riviera Primary. It's definitely something needed in the community and for the community of the Grand Riviera and for the students who use this road and the bus stop on a regular basis. We've had a few incidents already on the road which really shows and says that we do definitely need more of an effort to get the information out about road safety I'm sure the children enjoyed it but not only that it helped build a bit of their character and confidence I believe which they will use along with when they've left the primary school and even secondary schools. The mural however would not have been possible without the benevolence of the private sector whom without hesitation responded to the call for sponsorship. Carrasco and Sons Ltd provided all the paint required. KFC Real Foods Inc sponsored lunch for the three days spent painting. The South St. Lucia Inc donated a speaker to the current Secondary's art room which was also used to provide the budding artists with musical entertainment while they worked. When we were approached by the Ministry of Infrastructure to partner in this project we were very excited to jump on board because this is a most worthwhile enterprise that is important to the community. There are three schools within I think less than a mile of this junction and a lot of traffic of students and young people going through here today and we need to look after and protect our most valuable resource our young people in St Lucia. But thank you very much for involving us in this process. We are very pleased to be involved in this project. When Mr Feveri sent the letter we were I mean without hesitation it was a no-brainer for us to come on board because we believe that this initiative and similar ones is needed and we encourage it. So once again like to like thank you for inviting us like Mr Carrasco said. It's something that we didn't think twice to come on board and assist or just to provide the meals for the students although it's a very minute contribution but I think it was worthwhile a very worthwhile activity and I can see that the students did an amazing job. The sponsors have pledged their continued support to the Department of Infrastructure's Schools Road Safety Program. Reporting for the Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Transport, I am Miguel Feveri.