The “E” Field Sophia ‘mud dam’ is to be replaced with a concrete road to give residents better access to their homes.
According to a GINA press release, Community Coordinator, Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Neilson McKenzie said the residents were using a dam that was slippery and dangerous to get to the public road.
“…with immediate intervention of the Minister of Public Infrastructure, we decided and determined that the least we could do is put in a concrete, eight-foot access road,” the release quoted him as saying.
The release quoted several “E” Field residents expressing their gratitude for the new road.
Grace Benn said, “I’m living here for nearly 20 …odd years so I’m very, very grateful… I waited a very long moment for this.”
Marilyn Winfield another “E” Field resident spoke about the state of the road prior to the road works. “I don’t have to walk in the mud anymore; this mud was very annoying, some days I had to get long boots to crawl out. There was even an alligator here on the dam once…I grateful for the road.”
Karen Charles who has resided there for 23 years said, ever since, the area has been in a deplorable state. “We had no road, we had a dam and couldn’t even step out on rainy days. All our children had to stay in and this was burdensome for us, so I’m really thankful for the government for this here.”
McKenzie explained that the initiative is funded under savings from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s budget.
