The pot­hole along the road at Guapo which caused an up­roar on so­cial me­dia af­ter a car be­came stuck, has gained the at­ten­tion of the Min­istry of Works and the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA).

In a state­ment, the min­istry said WASA had1 dis­patched a crew to re­pair the pot­hole along the South­ern Main Road be­tween the 81.5 km to 82.0 km mark near the First and Last Pock­et Bar, Cochrane Vil­lage, Guapo, Point Fortin.

“In March 2022, the Min­istry ob­served an ac­tive wa­ter leak at the above lo­ca­tion.

“A re­port was sub­mit­ted to WASA to re­pair the leak giv­en its po­ten­tial im­pact on the road­way if left un­ad­dressed,” the Min­istry said.

Not­ing the pub­lic con­cerns about the state of the na­tion’s roads, the Min­istry said it is re­pair­ing di­lap­i­dat­ed roads based on the avail­abil­i­ty of funds.

“While cur­rent eco­nom­ic cir­cum­stances have not af­ford­ed the op­por­tu­ni­ty to af­fect the de­mands of the pub­lic at this time, the Min­istry through the High­ways Di­vi­sion and PURE Unit has been ad­dress­ing road re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion based on a sys­tem of pri­or­i­ty and avail­able fund­ing,” the state­ment said.

To date, the min­istry said 25 ten­ders are in the process of be­ing award­ed to small con­trac­tors who will work along­side in-house crews to ac­cel­er­ate road re­pairs through­out the is­land.

The min­istry said it con­tin­ues to col­lab­o­rate with WASA as it re­pairs the na­tion’s roads.

The pho­to of the ve­hi­cle which be­came lodged in the pot­hole went vi­ral with many cit­i­zens ex­press­ing dis­gust at the state of the na­tion’s roads.

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