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Below are edited comments posted by online readers reacting to yesterday's lead story: 'Critical condition: Stock lies idle as defective bridges pile up'.

Good news foreastern Jamaica

Bridges in Jamaica, especially in the eastern part of the island, are in desperate need to be upgraded. That's where hurricanes seem to like hitting hardest.

I'm excited to read this article. I only hope that the people put in charge at the National Works Agency actually deliver a sound product for the motorists and pedestrians. These people presently endure life-threatening risks to get out and about when rain falls.

- Gina

Just Madness!

Madness! People are being taxed for all kinds of reasons and promises. The corrupt governments (PNP/JLP) 'tief up' the money and nothing gets done. $400 million borrowed and let's see how much will be spent on and for the people who again are taxed to repay the money. Madness!

-Prince

Were the bridges necessary?

Why were these bridges purchased for so much money from 2003 if they were not needed? I notice nobody is yelling corruption or calling for anyone to resign.

-Pauline

It will costtaxpayers more

Those in office and specifically the ones who are in positions of authority have mentally migrated long ago. They are merely there collecting a pay cheque and collecting all they can get until their 'time' expires. Is this the same guy who recently said that it's not the business of the news agency to know where the money is coming from to rebuild these roads? As the head of the National Works Agency, what has he been doing all along and why have these parts to construct these bridges been sitting around?

With my little knowledge of structural material, whenever they sit around and are not protected from the natural elements, the structural integrity of these materials deteriorates, especially if they have not been coated with an anti-corrosive material. At the end of the day, it will cost us more.

-Barry Marson

PNP failed tofix bridges

The People's National Party seems to do well in public relations, but not administratively. Right now, they have most unions on their side urging the government to leave the International Monetary Fund, but they failed to fix these bridges. With the type of hurricanes that we can get sometimes, it is a wonder these bridges hold up.

-Jaman