With the promise of a visit by a technical team attached to the Ministry of Communities, aimed at addressing the deplorable state of the Matarkai Road, residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District are hoping that a viable solution can be reached to rectify their situation.
Notice of the visit was given last Friday by the Ministry of Communities, one day after frustrated residents staged a protest in front of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) voicing their dissatisfaction over the state of the of the main access road. According to the ministry, the visit would be see a team comprising Ministerial Liaison Mark Crawford, Principal Regional Development Officer Surendra Khayyam, Project Manager Naeem Khan, Member of Parliament Richard Allen and officials from the region engaging residents to discuss the situation at hand and firm up a community development.
Stabroek News has since been made to understand that