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Shabby hinterland roads expose Govt’s neglect – AFC
Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament, Trevor Williams, has said that his party has noted the continued practice by contractors to construct poor and shabby roads and in the process, collect millions of tax dollars.
One of the deplorable roads in Diamond.
He said that the Auditor General continues to highlight these malpractices year after year but the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration refuses to take action to hold contractors accountable.
Williams said that the roadways within Region Ten, Linden through to Ituni and Kwakwani, continue to pose great danger to the lives of residents and passers-by alike. He said that these roads can be rehabilitated very economically since laterite is found in large quantities along Ituni and Goat Farm and will make a better surface than the sand and loam which only last for the dry season.
“The Linden-Lethem road continues to be in a most appalling state almost all year round. The residents of Region Nine are left to wonder if they are a part of the PPP/C development plans for Guyana,” said Williams.
He added that the roadways within Regions One, Seven and Eight are also ‘horror paths’. He said that the situation is just the same at the new Diamond Housing Scheme where some land owners had to pay as much at $1.2 million for a house lot.
Williams said, “The roads are in such a deplorable state that pedestrians have to pick their way along the parapet because potholes stretch across the entire width of the road. With the intermittent rains, the cavernous potholes pose a challenge even to motorists who take a gamble on which side of the pothole may be less deep.”
The AFC recommends that the Government takes steps to equip the RDCs with machinery and fuel to provide better maintenance and repairs to roadways and bridges. This, Williams said, will result in more benefits and development of human resources within our communities and municipalities.
Williams added that his party has also noted that many roads in the city are being dug up to carry out rehabilitation work on the sewage system. He said that while this is necessary, the Government should have had the foresight to ensure that funds, materials and personnel the fix back the roads are in place.
He said that, instead, all across the city where sewage works have been done they have left the roads in a state of disrepair. This could have been avoided with a little bit of foresight and planning.
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