Key roads in Good Hope and Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara are to be repaired, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
This follows Saturday’s inspection of the thoroughfares by the Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar alongside his technical staff.
Speaking on the works to be done, Indar told residents of Good Hope, “the roads are earthen roads here and they have a lot of pools in the road. It’s in a bad state…We are going to also do some sectional repairs to the main road coming in.”
The high-priority streets to be done are in Good Hope, Phase Two and 11th Street that borders Phase One and Two, DPI reported.
Indar also stated that streetlights will be installed along the main access road of the community.
Eighty-four-year-old resident, Badrudeen Shaw said the roadworks at Good Hope are long overdue.
Shaw said his community welcomes the upgrades and it will maintain the impending works.
Sukdai Seepersaud, a pensioner of Good Hope stated, “our road in this area is like 10 to 15 years like that and getting worse.”
Over in Mon Repos, residents commended road upgrades to be done in Block Eight, DPI said.
Haridat Tilku who has been living in the area since 2004 said it is disappointing the roads were not given attention under the former Government.
Meanwhile, Geetangalie Lachan explained, “going out to work, I get a hard time when rain is falling- a lot of holes and water and stuff. So, I would like the road to makeup.”
At Block Eight, Indar said he will send a team of technical personnel to assess the scope of work to be done.
“We have to actually come and do the costings for these roads and see what we can do…maybe grading it for just to move out the holes and do the shaping of the shoulders, just to make sure there is smooth traffic going to and fro, but this entire scheme is badly in need of infrastructural works.”
