Member of Parliament for St Peter Colin Jordan is calling for better road infrastructure and access to water for the people of that parish.
The Minister of Labour and Social Security and the Third Sector told his colleagues in the House of Assembly on Tuesday that residents are fed up using unacceptable roads which have been damaging their personal vehicles and also public transportation.
Jordan said his constituents have asked him to share with the Chamber that they expect those who work at the Jerusalem Depot, in Maynards, also in that parish, to get up off of their “sit downs” and do some work in the community.
“I am being very clear in what I am saying here today. And I am saying it understanding that sometimes when you appear to offend somebody you can end up getting a backlash. But I am putting all of them on notice, this Member of Parliament is not going to be accepting no backlash. And so what can be done ought to be done.
“There is no reason why I should be driving through these kinds of potholes in Indian Ground. And if I go to Boscobelle I have the same issue. If I drive through Gays, I have the same issue. If I go into Mount No 1 and Mount No 2 the same issue. If I go into Mount Brevitor, the same issue. If I go into Farm Road, the same issue.
“The people of St Peter are not going to be accepting this. If housing is going to make sense, we need to be able to get to our homes,” Jordan said, while contributing to the Resolution: Section 5 Crown Lands (Vesting and Disposal) Act, Cap 225, Brighton, St George, in the House of Assembly.
Nevertheless, despite the challenges they are experiencing, Jordan said his constituents have been seeing improvements in the delivery of water and particularly with the colour. He said constituents are happy with the mains replacement work from Lamberts to Boscobelle so far, even though they feel that sometimes “the work lags”.
“Sometimes people disappear. We want both the Thomas Bridge to be completed and we also want the mains to be continued to be laid. We do not want the mains that have been assigned to the Boscobelle project to be taken up and sent somewhere else in Barbados. We have suffered for too long and we want the water issues addressed.
“We look forward to the work continuing at Colleton, we are happy for that. The residents recognise that once that comes on stream, then more water flows into Half Acre and if more water comes into Half Acre, more water gets to Lamberts and if more water gets to the Boscobelle reservoir then it flows down into the community,” he said.
The parliamentary representative extended gratitude to the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) for placing water tanks across the parish to give residents access to clean water, allowing them greater comfort.
Jordan, a St Peter resident, said he was happy to be a part of a Government which is making the effort to address various challenges.
