RALPH BAN­WARIE

Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Ma­yaro, Rush­ton Paray, is call­ing on Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port, Ro­han Sinanan to im­me­di­ate­ly ad­dress the ex­treme­ly poor con­di­tion of the Man­zanil­la by-pass road.

He is sug­gest­ing to Sinanan to ei­ther use a pe­tro­le­um-based binder to re­pair the se­vere­ly dam­aged Ma­yaro-Man­zanil­la by-pass road or pro­vide a clear ex­pla­na­tion for its re­fusal or in­abil­i­ty to do so.

Fur­ther­more, he says it is cru­cial for the min­istry to in­stall ad­e­quate light­ing and safe­ty mea­sures along the road to pre­vent se­ri­ous car ac­ci­dents and po­ten­tial fa­tal­i­ties.

Paray said the tem­po­rary by­pass road has be­come haz­ardous for mo­torists due to nu­mer­ous sinks and un­even sur­faces, and over­all dan­ger­ous con­di­tions, par­tic­u­lar­ly dur­ing the night.

He said a ve­hi­cle re­cent­ly over­turned off the road due to the ab­sence of re­flec­tive guides and in­ad­e­quate light­ing is some parts.

He be­lieves the ab­sence of a pe­tro­le­um-based binder on the road's sur­face has made it vul­ner­a­ble to con­tin­u­ous de­te­ri­o­ra­tion.

"The cur­rent state of this project is un­ac­cept­able and re­flects poor­ly on Min­is­ter Ro­han Sinanan, whose neg­li­gence puts the lives of cit­i­zens at risk. The min­is­ter must pri­or­i­tize the well-be­ing of those who uti­lize this thor­ough­fare and prompt­ly ad­dress these is­sues," Paray said.

Paray warns that fail­ure to take ac­tion will make the min­is­ter per­son­al­ly re­spon­si­ble for any ac­ci­dents, in­juries, or dam­ages suf­fered by dri­vers and com­muters.

Guardian Me­dia has reached out to the Min­is­ter and is await­ing a re­sponse.