Councillor criticises quality of infrastructure work in St. Thomas

By Halshane Burke    

 

Councillor for the White Horses Division Hubert Williams has criticised the poor quality of work done to prevent the landslide between White Horses and Rosselle in St. Thomas.

 

Following the passage of Hurricane Beryl, a section of the main road collapsed after the retaining wall was washed away during storm surge.

 

Councillor Williams says the work that was started to restore the thoroughfare has been reversed following the passage of Tropical Storm Rafael. 

 

"To prevent these things in the future, do the thing right in the first place, because originally there were no foundations set for that wall. So the wall was on the surface of the land. So as soon as we start to get storm surge, the sea just take the wall away. In the future, we should...try to do quality work, quality work with government funds," he insisted. 

 

"It's the same problem we have with the road. If you look right across the length and breadth of the highway, we start to have damage spots, bad spots, sunken spots. And it's because the subsurface wasn't right. I am saying it's the worst infrastructure programme in the history of Jamaica. It is very sad what St. Thomas people received after waiting decades," added the councillor. 

 

He urged the government to quickly fix the infrastructure issues and ensure no more state funds go to waste.