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Mon Repos residents angry about appalling streets
Though the office of the Regional Democratic Council is one street away from the
One of the streets in the Mon Repos Village, East Coast Demerara which residents are complaining needs to be repaired urgently
Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) village, the streets are in a terrible condition and residents are upset.
Several potholes line the streets. Some residents told Kaieteur News that the streets have remained in such conditions for a long while without any repairs.
“When you going north in the direction of the seawall you could see that it got plenty, plenty holes and they only getting bigger. Vehicles can’t really pass unless is big vehicles. The little cars and pick-ups have a hard time and there is even a part where the road sink and we got to full it with sand and wood,” said one woman.
This newspaper was told that on many occasions, vehicles would have to be parked at the head of the street and persons would have to walk the rest of their journey. Taxi drivers refuse to frequent the damaged streets and would often park at a specific location and ask the passengers to “kindly foot the rest of the trip”.
Such actions are now causing the villagers to worry about their safety.
“This is very inconveniencing to us. When there are emergency cases and we have to exit or enter here quickly we have problems in doing so with transportation. I mean, can you imagine if there is a fire and a fire truck has to come in here? Or a police car or an ambulance? By the time they can reach in, the worst could have happened,” complained another resident.
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