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May 19, 2013 News
By Zena Henry
Earlier reports show that in November of 2012, the Parika Backdam road on the East Bank of Essequibo was rehabilitated at a sum of $89M. The community had stated that it was about two miles of road that needed to be repaired. The contract was awarded and repairs commenced.
Senior Civil Engineer of the Agriculture Sector Development Unit (ASDU), Fredrick Flatts stated that the road would have been an all-weather road which will be covered with crusher run. The road’s foundation, he said, “…will be made, then sand will be placed on the surface, and after a blend of loam and sand will be place on top, and finally crusher run will be used to complete the process”.
When asked about a tarred surface, the engineer said that $75 million more would have been needed since bitumen is very expensive.
Today, almost two and half years later, residents are calling for the road to be repaired. In fact they are reiterating those calls and are asking for a proper road to be constructed.
“Not one that has to be graded over and over, because when it has to be graded, is like we got to beg.”
The residents, mostly farmers, last week expressed their dissatisfaction with the state of the only road the community has to access their homes and farms. The residents, who picketed the Regional Democratic Office last week, called for immediate works to be done to the roadway as the rainy season is continuing to deteriorate the thoroughfare which may soon become impassable to vehicular traffic.
Harry Narine Deokinanan, representative for the community and also a farmer, said that currently, vehicles are being destroyed due to the bad road; residents have to take their personal vehicles to help other community members to get out of the area. He said school children face difficulty when having to walk about one and half miles along the bad road to go to school.
“Parika Backdam produces tons of cash crops, ground provisions and fruits. The main access road has to be leveled and when the rain falls, huge pot holes form. These destroy vehicles and pose difficulty to commuters,” Deokinanan asserted.
The residents are blaming Regional officials for failing to act on the complaints of the residents.
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