Perhaps the solution is too simple

Mar 24, 2012 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
I am reminded of Mr. R.B.O. Hart and his regular newspaper articles in the past “Things that bother me.”
In the months prior to the elections in 2011, the Government spent considerable sums in building secondary roads in villages on the East Coat of Demerara and elsewhere. However these roadways are in jeopardy of early deterioration because of a simple omission.
In nearly all cases the road shoulders (parapets) were left at a higher level than the roadway. This gives rise to rainwater settling at the road edges and undermining the fragile foundation.
In the old days, the Georgetown City Council road gangs had as a routine maintenance procedure, the cutting of outlets (only a shovel needed) on the parapets to drain rainfall run-off from the road surface.
Regrettably, this simple but effective practice has ceased on nearly all of our roadways (public roads included). Evidence of deterioration of roads near parapets can be seen on roadways almost everywhere. Expensive repairs are done and re-done yet no drainage outlets are cut. Perhaps the solution is too simple.
Berkley Wickham

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