Sascha Wil­son

Fire ser­vices were called out to ex­tin­guish burn­ing de­bris along Maria David Trace, San Fran­cique Road, Pe­nal on Mon­day morn­ing dur­ing a protest over the de­plorable road con­di­tions.

Res­i­dents con­verged on the road around 5.30 am de­mand­ing their road be re­paired.

Res­i­dent Ronald Kit­wa­roo ex­plained that the road con­di­tions have wors­ened over the last few months since the ma­jor road was closed for re­pairs and traf­fic di­vert­ed through Maria David Trace.

Kit­wa­roo said, "We ask­ing for the two sides of the road, big hole, to be fixed. They us­ing this road as a main road be­cause they block San Fran­cique Road now three months. The school bus stop pass­ing, chil­dren can­not go to school."

He said their com­plaints to those in charge have fall­en on deaf ears.

An­oth­er res­i­dent Kr­ish­na Manohar said heavy ve­hi­cles are caus­ing ma­jor dam­age to the road. "We just want some boul­ders and oil sand. No big thing just make it pass­able," he said.

In­cum­bent coun­cil­lor Dood­nath Mayrhoo said it would cost over $1 mil­lion to re­pair the road, but the cor­po­ra­tion does not have the funds.

"This is un­just to di­vert traf­fic from main road to come in here. This road is not built to with­stand this vol­ume of traf­fic."

Mayrhoo said he will sup­port res­i­dents to con­tin­ue protest­ing un­til the road is re­paired.