Latest update December 19th, 2024 3:22 AM
Bartica residents burn ‘mud road’
One male individual, reportedly a suspect, is now assisting the Bartica Police with their investigations into the burning of several old truck tyres that were strategically placed over a wooden culvert that runs across the Bartica Potaro Road, yesterday. The section of what has been described as a mud road was also dug out by several residents, and it is believed that this happened on Tuesday night.
The location is approximately one hundred yards away from the Two Miles Primary School.
Motorists and commuters who had passed the area earlier yesterday, 
prior to the burning, confirmed that the culvert itself had been dug up, and planks placed temporarily over the culvert were pushed aside to the southern shoulder of the road into a gully.
On arrival at the scene, drivers, unable to pass, parked their vehicles behind each other on both sides on the road away from the burning tyres and debris. The suspect was seen in a police vehicle being escorted to the station. Eyewitnesses said that other residents were involved.
A fire tender arrived a bit later and the fire was extinguished with the debris being cleared. An excavator later arrived and placed sand that was discharged by a truck, into the burnt out road cavity. The latter vehicle got stuck as it attempted to pass the location, on the northern shoulder of the road.
Arrangements were also made to place a load of ‘Crusher Run’ material on the said location temporarily, until other works such as putting a tubing culvert and digging a drain to the northern shoulder were completed yesterday. At around 10:50 am yesterday vehicles had already commenced traversing the area.
Bystanders claimed that this incident occurred as a result of the current poor state of the Bartica/Potaro Road Surface (One to Five Miles), and also by the perception of slow reaction towards addressing this issue immediately by the Local Administration.
Previously, residents living along the road had formed themselves into a delegation and had met with local administrators in an effort to speed up the response in effecting temporary works to the road’s surface from One to Five Miles, they were informed that financing for this exercise has been approved and the process is currently in its mobilisation phase.
Also it was noted that the magnitude of the budgeted expenditure (around $80M) for this project means it will have a direct bearing under the administration of Central Government, which is just waiting for a break in the current rainy weather pattern to commence works. (Edward A. Persaud)
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