Res­i­dents of Fish­ing Pond, San­gre Grande, say they will with­hold their votes on April 28 if the de­plorable roads in their com­mu­ni­ty are not fixed by then.

“No road, no vote!” they chant­ed as they protest­ed the huge pot­holes along Flem­ming and Gen­da Roads on Thurs­day morn­ing.

The res­i­dents say the roads have been in poor con­di­tion for years, but their cur­rent state is the worst they have ever seen. Lutch­mi Per­sad told Guardian Me­dia that taxi dri­vers avoid work­ing along those roads, and to get some re­lief, res­i­dents have had to patch the pot­holes them­selves. They be­lieve they de­serve bet­ter.

The res­i­dents al­so say that peo­ple no longer vis­it the Tur­tle Fish­ing Pond in their com­mu­ni­ty, and they fear that if the roads are not re­paired be­fore elec­tion day, they will be forced to en­dure these de­plorable con­di­tions for an­oth­er five years.