Work has commenced on the Black Bush Polder main access road, which has been in a deplorable condition for some time, following protest action by hire car drivers last week.
Regional Chairman David Armogan, said that just over $8 million would be spent on repairing the road from the region’s maintenance budget.
“We have decided that we can no longer wait on (Ministry of) Public Infrastructure because the people of this region, we have an obligation to them, and we had to intervene to make sure somethings are being done and as you recall, at the last RDC meeting I did instruct the REO to make sure a contract is given so that we start work in the Black Bush area,” Armogan told members of the media yesterday.
He explained that the project was awarded to two contractors. “One (contractor) would be filling up the holes with crusher run and another would be sealing the holes because what we have found in the past when you throw crusher run in these holes, it is displaced after a while, especially when rain fall and it becomes muddy, so we decided to seal these holes so it won’t open back very quickly,” he related.
The chairman stated that the hole may open up again because heavy agricultural machinery traverses daily. Additionally, he noted that they are mostly repairing the major potholes along the road and at a later date, when money becomes available, then the minor potholes may be repaired.
Further, he pointed out that, “other roads might be affected”, since they have had to take the finance from the maintenance budget to repair the Black Bush road. “Those roads that would have gone under maintenance would have to be put on hold for us to complete this road because it is a very important area in terms of production,” Armogan said.
Stabroek News has confirmed that work began on Saturday last and is expected to be completed in just over two weeks’ time.
