SCHOOL caretaker Terry Martel has directed Capelles traffic for 13 years but he is now calling for help because of the proposed one-way.

Mr Martel (pictured) said that with the  Baubigny system sending more cars towards him at Hautes Capelles School, changes must be made to the traffic lights there to enable him to manage the traffic flow.

‘I only ask that between 3 and about 3.40pm the traffic lights stay green for a bit longer so I can send more cars through, otherwise it will be a nightmare,’ he said.

At 3.15pm yesterday, Mr Martel stood in Route des Capelles and simultaneously managed traffic queues from the direction of St Peter Port, Capelles Stores and from Les Effards, as well as cars entering and exiting the school and community centre, parents and children crossing the road, a few cyclists and a bus. He said that despite doing this job for so long, nobody from either Education or Environment had asked for his insight into the area’s traffic.