Sections of the trail linking Region Nine to the coastland have started to deteriorate after recent heavy rains, leaving both residents of the Lethem border community and motorists on edge.
Reports out of the region are that there have been prolonged periods of rainfall within the past two weeks and the waterways in the South Rupununi area have swollen to threatening levels.
Region Nine Chairman Clarendo Lucas told Stabroek News yesterday that the area experienced substantial amounts of rainfall within the