– MPI begins fixing road at centre of controversy

FOLLOWING two days of protest early in the week, personnel attached to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Thursday began fixing sections of the two-mile-long roadway.
Reports are that the workmen fixed those sections of the roadway, particularly the potholed ones, which were seen as posing a danger to vehicles.

On Monday morning, residents blocked the roadway leading to the schools in the area as they vented their dissatisfaction at the state of it.

According to the residents, over the years, the roadway, which links the Soesdyke-Linden Highway with the primary and nursery schools as well as the Kuru Kuru Training Centre, has been in a deplorable state, making it dangerous to negotiate especially at night time.
The protest action started during the rush hour on Monday morning, and saw residents use old tyres and pieces of wood to block the roadway, a move which resulted in the police moving in to quell the situation.

Alliance for Change (AFC) parliamentarian, Michael Carrington told the Guyana Chronicle that he went into the area to collect some documents from the training centre, only to be greeted with the protest. He said that seeing that the village falls under the Yarrowkabra Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), he made representation for the road to be fixed. Residents have expressed hope that monies would be made available in the 2019 National Budget for the roadway to be completely rehabilitated.