Local authorities are preparing for a showdown over roads under construction in the Amelia’s Ward housing scheme, in Linden, which bear signs of major defects.
Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) for the Linden Township Orin Gordon has vowed that the municipality will resist any attempt by contractors to hand over the roads in their present state, which he denounced as offensive. “This is an insult to us as representatives of the people of this town and a direct insult especially to those people who are building and will soon be building their homes here,” said Gordon, referring to both local residents and returning nationals who have been constructing their homes in the scheme.
The road works, which began in October of last year, were scheduled to be