Letters

Fix our roads!

THE EDITOR, Madame:

I write to bring to the attention of the relevant authorities the state of the road leading off the main road in Annotto Bay to the Gibraltar/Grays Inn Housing Scheme.

For several years now, the roadways in the scheme have been in a deplorable condition. Each time the residents complain and threaten to take action, remedial work such as filling the potholes with 'river shingles' is effected. However, as the rains come the river shingle washes away and the potholes become large craters.

For the past three weeks this section of St. Mary has been experiencing heavy rainfall which makes a worse situation worse. To add insult to injury, taxi operators refuse to take residents to their homes as they are fearful of the large craters in the road. Hence, residents are left to walk home. Some persons are reluctant to attend church, especially at nights, as they have to walk home and it is at great risk as there is hardly anywhere they can place their feet.

The situation is extremely bad, motor vehicle owners have to park their vehicles in the town and walk home, as the cost to replace spare parts on a regular basis is expensive.

I was told that the Member of Parliament, Mr. Harry Douglas, and personnel from the National Works Agency, toured that section of the scheme recently. Since then nothing has happened, although it has rained every day since.

In view of the situation, the residents are appealing to the relevant authorities to immediately reconstruct the roadway as the heavy rains we are experiencing in the parish makes the condition unbearable.

I am, etc.,

NATASHA WILLIAMS