The main access road for the Pattensen South community, more commonly referred to as ‘B’ Field, Sophia, is overdue for critical rehabilitation, according to residents, but the project is yet to get underway and the rainy season could bring complications.
In a letter published in the November 7th edition of Stabroek News, Colin Marks, of the Pattensen Community Development Council, said the road was completed in 2006 after the community benefitted from a road construction project, however, within a year of its completion, more than 30% of the road’s surface had been compromised and needed to be repaired.
Marks, who was happy when he learned that the 2012 budget allocated $33 million to be used for road repairs, said rehabilitation works were long overdue even though some “patching” had been done in 2011. He stated that the road and its carriageways serve the 5,000 people residing in the community, who own about 150 vehicles. In addition, he noted that the operators of the fleet of about 28 minibuses that service this section of