Bounty Hall in Trelawny needs water and roads

THE EDITOR, Madam:

It is hard to imagine that in this day and age, we still have people going to get water for daily use, especially in the large, developing areas of this country. It is also hard to imagine that in an area that is considered to be growing, the state of the roads is so deplorable.

One such area is Bounty Hall in Trelawny. There have been numerous protests about bad roads and poor water supply that have been swept under the rug, or being given false promises made by the MP of the area.

I have seen favouritism being played out in this community with the distribution of water by the NWC, which leads me to believe that the NWC is either being run by politics, they just don’t care, there is poor management and/or you have to pay some money under the table to get them to deliver water to you.

This area has been without water from January of this year, so imagine being charged $7,000 every two weeks for just one drum of water, and also paying NWC for an estimated bill. Some improvement was made in this regard; however, not all areas are benefiting from this, so there is still a water issue.

On the matter of the roads, from Martha Brae to Wakefield, this portion of the road is extremely bad. And using the word ‘bad’ is an understatement for the road condition. It is heartbreaking the amount of money persons have to spend to fix their vehicles every month.

All we are hearing are excuses while the road remains in a very bad condition…well, got even worsen over the years.

A trip that would take you 20 minutes is now an hour, as you must slow down for every obstacle that this road presents.

The current MP is very vocal on social media. She made a post after the last demonstration stating, “You spoke and we listen”, regarding fixing just a small section of the Martha Brae roadway. But we understand that it was fixed by the operators of Chukka, because the tour bus drivers had an issue with that section of the road; so it had to be fixed for tourists to travel to the attraction.

It’s been months since that small section was fixed, which stops right at the turn to the attraction. But why did it stop there? If this was Government’s doing, why just stop at the turnoff? What about the remainder of the road from Martha Brae to Wakefield? When will the other roads get the same attention as the major roadway? Do we have to wait until an election for a quick fix? So many questions can be asked about these issues, but who is there to listen?

The new school year is about to start and we remain without water and proper roads.

LEO BROWN