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Jan 12, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,

The road constructed around and within South East Cummings Lodge is of very poor standard.

One very visible example is the road just east of the University of Guyana. The road was in the making for over five years; the people anxiously waited for the road but then it did not even survive a year.

The best part of it is that government did make any bridge for the people of South East Cummings Lodge to benefit the use of the road. Bridges there were constructed by the residence of the community.

Maybe the road was not built for us. The road constructed on the eastern side of Cummings Lodge has a similar story.

However, this road was built with access to the community but the bridge linking this road to the Industry Crown dam road was not built by the government nor was it upgraded or repaired when the road was finished.

Again the bridge was built by the people. These bridges were not built to take any kind of pressure or with any engineering expertise. This bridge is currently under water and access is severely restricted.

After the contractor’s heavy vehicle used the bridges to get in the material, there was nothing much of a bridge left. One needs to ask what is the purpose of the road when you cannot get anywhere with it. The road on the eastern side was also in the making for several years and only hurriedly completed for the last elections.

It was observed that SN carried an article on January 28, 2008 about road construction and the works in this area. Well the road construction is still going on and for how long more one may have to guess.

Probably it may finish for next elections. The journalist interviewed some people (who by the way have no knowledge about road construction) saying how happy they were.

The people are so deprived they will be happy without being concerned about the standard and quality and how long the road takes. The journalist did not carry out any check or make any comment about the quality of the work. It does not take any expert, but one with common sense to see the sub-standard work.

I suggest the media visit and conduct a survey, and they will see there is much to be written about and have a first hand view of the work. Maybe they can take some pictures to publish in the papers.

There were about three months of dry weather just before the December rainy season started, but no work was done on the road but just as the rainy season starts, the contractors resume work.

They only work in the rainy season. To apply the tar and granite the sand needs to be dry. However, currently this is being done while the road is very wet.

The media has a role to play. Make an effort and visit now or else we will punish.

Name and address withheld

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