Section of Sussex St still to be closed despite city council decision

Although the city council made a decision two weeks ago to close a section of Sussex Street due to its deplorable state, no action has been taken as yet.

At a statutory meeting of the Georgetown council yesterday, Councillor Heston Bostwick, who is the councillor for the constituency, reported that the road had not been closed and questioned the reason for the delay.

Acting City Chief engineer Kenson Boston told the council that letters were sent to the Commissioner of Police and the Traffic Chief and they were copied to officials at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. Boston said that they are currently discussing what can be done to address the state of the road. “Right now we would have observed continuous erosion has caused large cracks and unleveled the road,” he noted.