Canje Bridge is in a deplorable state

Jan 17, 2019 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

There aren’t enough pages in this newspaper to cover the amount of issues that are plaguing Berbicians, but the one I would like to voice for my fellow pedestrians and vehicle drivers is the Canje Bridge.
This bridge is the only means of crossing over the Canje Creek to get on either side. Many persons who traverse this bridge on a daily basis can attest to the deplorable state it’s in. Never mind the beautiful and colourful artistic signs of businesses across this region, let’s take a look why driver’s have to replace bent tyres and change multiple car parts because of the big holes in certain areas of the bridge that cause very expensive damage to their vehicles.
I know of lots of workers and school children who would ride across this bridge to and fro and have the same complaint of having to change bicycles parts and sometimes replacing the one they had. Also not forgetting the horse and donkey carts – it is very dangerous for these animals if they get a hoof stuck and are carrying a load.
Even the President and his Ministers have crossed this bridge numerous times before and the bridge has been this way for a while and is getting even worse. When are they going to do something? When it collapses and people cannot get across?
Another thing on my mind is the lights for the bridge. The lights have been replaced with the new and improved LED lights, but it’s a dud and a waste of tax payers’ hard-earned money. These lights are not working and the entire bridge is in darkness. Pedestrians used to walk this bridge for a nice evening exercise/stroll or the night shift workers who would walk or ride across to get home. They cannot anymore, out of fear of either being robbed, walking into one of the holes, or even being knocked over if a vehicle tries to avoid one of the many holes.
I speak on behalf of everyone who uses this bridge. I ask that someone in authority kindly look into these issues as soon as possible before something really serious happens.

Kelly Ally

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