THE long-awaited rehabilitation of the Victory Valley community’s access road has commenced and residents have praised the government for finally coming to their rescue by upgrading the infrastructure.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has incorporated this road rehabilitation as a 2019 capital road project since it was neglected for several years.

Chairman of the Community Development Council (CDC), Anthony Roberts, said he was pleased with the attention given to the road. The residents, he said, are very upbeat about the development occurring. “We are feeling grateful, we are already feeling pleased, thanks to the government for answering our call in a short time,” he said. The residents are also pleased with the quality of the work that has been put in thus far on the road. The residents had complained about the state of the road for some time.

A few weeks ago the Victory Valley community centre was destroyed by fire and government has already committed to rebuilding it, since it served as a haven for youth and social development within the community. Roberts said that the plan for its reconstruction is completed and will be submitted to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who visited the site of the burnt building a few weeks back.

In addition to Victory Valley, 20 more roads in Linden will be refurbished. These include South Amelia’s Ward access road, Blinking Corner Block 22 road, Christianburg Front Road and Fraser Road, Kara Kara.