COMMUTERS heading south from north had to endure hours of traffic as the Caroni River burst its banks and crossed the Uriah Butler Highway.
The Ministry of Works and Transport opened the Priority Bus Route at 6 pm hours after the police were allowing cars to pass to get out of the capital city.
The PBR was opened from Port of Spain to Arima to light motor vehicles.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds said that at 5 pm two of the three lanes of the southbound highway were passable.
