Spare a thought for the residents of Mocha Acradia

Dec 30, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
This afternoon (Thursday) I had the pleasure for the first time of travelling on the road which is south of the National Stadium and parallel to the Mocha Access Road. This happened when the mini-bus driver, apparently on the spur of the moment, decided that in order to get to Mocha more easily, he could use that route instead of proceeding to the Mocha Access Road, which is currently under reconstruction because it is in a terrible state. I then wondered why the authorities and decision-makers and advisers and senior public servants did not think of making this road (south of the Stadium) an alternative route for the residents with light vehicles of Mocha-Arcadia to travel from the community to the East Bank Public Road during the period of road re-construction.
Over the past two years Mocha residents had to engage in ‘self-help’ work in patching the Mocha Access Road with builders waste, in collecting donations from vehicle drivers to buy a bag of cement to help to fill the pot-holes, in approaching the Ministry of Works Road Engineers to effect some urgent repairs, and finally in taking PROTEST ACTION by blocking traffic on the road when the situation was over-bearing. This led to intervention by the Police. The poor condition of the road has taken a toll on vehicles, since we spend more on spare parts, there is more down-time for mini-buses with more inconvenience for commuters. Add to this the need to wash vehicles on a daily basis, as if you have been travelling to the Interior. Add to this the possibility of failing a fitness test for the vehicle, because of brake problems, or because of more quickly developing smooth tires, due to poor road surface. Add to this the increased time taken to traverse the road now under reconstruction. The dice are loaded in the favour of the State.
All of this unpleasantness and inconvenience and bad blood could have been avoided, if some thought had been given to providing an alternative route for the Mocha residents by way of the road south of the Stadium. This would have been more cost-effective in more than one sense. It is so obvious! Is nobody thinking? Was no thought given to alleviating the difficulties for the commuting residents of Mocha-Arcadia? Is this deliberate?
Walter B. Alexander
Retired Deputy Permanent Secretary.

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