The Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) is calling for more regular and improved maintenance of the Linden-Lethem road to cope with the increase in heavy traffic.
“The road is deteriorating faster than before because we are seeing more traffic now,” President of the RCCI Daniel Gajie told Stabroek News yesterday. He said that over the past four years the volume and type of traffic has increased with larger trucks with heavier loads now traversing the long, laterite trail regularly. According to Gajie, since four years ago, the amount of traffic has increased threefold and the loads carried by the bigger two-axle trucks are thrice