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Bus operators protest Bartica/Potaro Road conditions
– Students affected on first day of school year
Minibus operators plying the Bartica /Potaro Road route yesterday engaged themselves in peaceful protest action against the deplorable state of the thoroughfare’s surface from the One to Five Miles area.
The operators parked their vehicles at the designated bus park , located at First Avenue and Fifth Street, Bartica , and displayed placards on their wind screens depicting their concerns.
The drivers parked their buses and did not relent
At around 9:12 hrs, a total of nine buses were seen there, and the signs read: “We need better Roads”, “Respect our rights, develop Bartica “, “Now Showing : The Lost World , Potaro Road”, “ Pot holes a new addition to traffic control in the Potaro”, “ Millions Spent , where are the famous promises “, “Bartica is part of Guyana too “, “Mr Benn you need to straighten this , attention now” “ Step 1 Better Roads , Step 2 Street lights “.
Students from the Three Miles Bartica Secondary School were seen from as early as 07:30 hrs milling around the regular minibus pick-up point at Second Avenue and Fifth Street , with others at the First Avenue Bus Park. Some students who were fortunate , had their parents paying as much as one thousand dollars for a taxi to take them to the school.
The said minibuses , however, on their way out of the Bus Park did pick up passengers who were then left abandoned on Bartica, contemplating what other means they would engage to return to their respective homes , located along the Potaro Road and in the Four Miles Housing Scheme, from Bartica. That was around 10:30 hrs yesterday .
On August 8, in the vicinity of Two Miles Primary School, there was also a protest as a result of the state of the road and the slow reaction towards addressing this issue by the local administration.
Minister Robert Persaud in his feature address at the opening ceremony of Bartica ‘s Pork Knocker Day 2012 had mentioned that engineers would be coming into Bartica to conduct the necessary assessments needed for the commencement of rehabilitation works to the road’s surface.
Several students and parents contemplate their next move.
However, it is clear that the process is taking too long, as the persons residing along the Bartica /Potaro Road and in the Four Miles Housing Schemes, are totally dissatisfied by the state of affairs surrounding this issue. They say the strike action will last until tangible results are had in addressing this particular issue, together with the availability of a better quality water supply. (Edward A. Persaud)
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