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A Schoolboy’s Plea
Dear Editor,
As a resident of the Diamond Housing Scheme, I testify of the blatant disrespect we -the members of a supposedly ‘middle class’ community- have to endure everyday on our commute to frankly, anywhere outside our homes.
Our roads and cross streets, excuses of internal infrastructure, have been worn and torn to something less than a poorly built dam; and even this is an understatement.
Surely, Esteemed Editor, you can understand my plea. My plea for at least an explanation for why this is so, a reason for why we must suffer these craters in our roads on a daily basis. I, like many others, can’t seem to fathom one.
It is utterly unbearable having to traverse our streets constantly having to succumb to the upward and downward motion of the car, only to be exacerbated in the rainy season soon to come. One can only think of the stress that the shocks of the motor vehicles undergo; that mind you, can be very expensive to repair.
I am sure that I am not the only one in this community who believed that I came to live in a structured neighbourhood with well-maintained roads.
However, this is an idealistic fantasy for the foolish. I suppose we’ll have to continue living in this madness and trudge onward through the slush and muck we call our roads until someone hears our imploration to ease this burden.
But what do I know? I’m just a schoolboy inexperienced in the ways of this country.
J.Cruickshank
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