Dear Sir,
KINDLY allow me to draw attention of the concerned authorities through the columns of your newspaper to the horrendous condition of La Parfaite Harmonie access highway on the West Bank of Demerara.

This three-kilometre road was constructed at a cost of over $600 million in 2014 but started to deteriorate rapidly within a few months of being commissioned.
Thereafter, frequent and inadequate repairs to a seemingly unending plethora of potholes occurred every few weeks with new ones appearing within days of the old ones being remedied. This has continued in a wearisome loop for the last four years.

Regrettably, the situation that obtains now is one where this so-called ‘highway’ has no adequate drainage, no lights, a noticeable bend with no indicating signs, speed bumps, no reflectors and gaping holes, one of which spreads across the entire width of the road.

This combination undoubtedly makes this stretch of road a veritable death trap, especially at night. Are we prepared to wait until innocent lives are lost before something is done? Is this acceptable value for the expenditure of our precious tax dollars? We deserve and demand better. To this end, I hope that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure will initiate expeditious steps to ensure that there is an immediate structural assessment of the integrity of roads in this area.

Yours sincerely,
Edson Grenville
Community activist