Georgetown : After several photographs splashed across the daily newspapers of the deplorable state of the road at Port Kaituma, and residents and miners of that area had blocked off the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) office and the main road to protest the deplorable condition of the road in the community the Government now announced that the rehabilitation of hinterland roads has been high on the agenda over the last two to three weeks, both at the level of the Office of the President and Cabinet Subcommittee and Cabinet itself.
Government spokesman Dr. Luncheon said, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn has provided evidence to Cabinet and conceded that the Bartica road and the Port Kaituma roads are in need of significant rehabilitation of some urgency.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Region One, Paul Pierre said that shortly after noon yesterday he received a call about the protest and road blocks.
Pierre also conceded the bad conditions of the road saying, “the road is in a very bad state and some major work may fix it.” He pointed out that the IMC has been doing some work but they were only “minor repairs but nothing major… the weather over the past three months has seen further deterioration of the road.”
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