What would be your reaction if, each time that a motor vehicle passes your way, lands in a pothole filled with water, and the vibration shakes the foundation of your home or office?
Frankly, this is what has been experienced for the last several months by some occupants on Lama Avenue, Bel Air Park, east of Vlissengen Road. By now the pain and anxiety being experienced by the management and staff of EMPRETEC and a sewing factory on the opposite side of the road, have become unbearable.

At the moment, there are three pot holes, in close proximity – one crater-like, in the middle of the road, and two others, practically on a bridge to one of the entrances to EMPRETEC.
When the large hole is filled with rainwater, motorists cannot easily determine the depth of the hole, and so they drive onto the bridge to escape the jerk. Eventually, two smaller potholes were formed at one of the entrances to the building.
It would appear that the foundation of the bridge is tied into the foundation of the fence, so that in the rainy weather, each time a vehicle drives onto the bridge, the building experiences tremor, weakening the foundation over time.
Notwithstanding, a portion of the bridge is now badly broken from the pressure of traffic daily riding over it.
The affected residents are appealing to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure to move to have this matter addressed and the holes filled soonest.
Moreover, they are asking that a speed hump be placed on the corner, a few metres away, since vehicles usually drive around the bend at a fast rate, which can be dangerous to property, life and limb.

By Shirley Thomas