Sascha Wilson
Frustrated with deplorable road conditions residents blocked several areas along the Penal Rock Road in Penal with burning debris this morning.
"Rowley must go! Rohan must go! We want we road fix! shouted residents as they held up several placards.
Speaking to reporters at eight mile mark, resident Steve Lezama said this is their second protest in two months.
He said on August 2 the Penal Debe Regional Corporation and the Ministry of Works and Transport promised that substantial repairs would have been done.
Residents protest bad roads in Penal. Image by Rishi Ragoonath
Residents protest bad roads in Penal. Image by Rishi Ragoonath
Instead, he said, there were seven water leaks and no work was done. While the protests were ongoing this morning, a Ministry of Works truck arrived with material to patch the road but the residents sent them on their way.
Lezama said they are not accepting anymore mamaguysim.
While the police and fire service responded and outed the fires in some areas, residents said they will not be intimated and will not back down until the road is repaired.