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Residents of Coldingen and a section of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, are laying the blame for the collapse of a section of the Coldingen Access road squarely at the feet of road construction company Dipcon and the tardiness of the Buxton/Foulis Neighbourhood Democratic Council.(Above) The sections of roadway which caved in yesterday.(Below) A tractor and trailer from the Buxton/Foulis NDC dumps material into the holes as a temporary measure.The road collapsed into a culvert,cheap jerseys, making it impassable for commuters for most of yesterday,Authentic China NFL Jerseys, and residents are convinced that it buckled under the weight of the company’s heavy duty machinery that traverses there daily.And it’s not that the signs of the imminent collapse were non-existent,NFL Jerseys Sale, especially since heavy rains pounded the coast over the past week.Prior to the complete collapse, for several weeks commuters of the Coldingen Access Road were forced to navigate a huge crater to get to and from their homes.The affected section of the road runs over a main culvert that facilitates drainage of the area.The appeal from residents to the relevant authorities,Cheap NFL Jerseys Store, including the Buxton/Foulis Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to fix the small problem,Womens NFL Jerseys, fell on deaf ears.In the meantime several vehicle owners had to fork out huge sums of money to repair the damage caused when they unknowingly drive or ride into the crater.Well yesterday the situation got worse as the entire road caved in, rendering the road impassable.“Is a low bed from Dipcon…it about forty something feet; is the fuss time I see something so long. Estate truck and all does run hay too. But this morning a big truck pass with a big machine pon top and he had to reverse and dis is wha happen,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China,” a resident told this newspaper.He said that a motorcyclist,Buy NFL Jerseys, a brand new Toyota Allion motorcar and a Toyota Tundra along with other categories of motorists have suffered as a result of the damaged road.The collapse of the road also exposed the substandard work done by the contractor, given the fact that the Coldingen Access Road is one of the main carriageways for heavy duty machinery in that section of the East Coast of Demerara.The residents are calling on those responsible for the damage to the road to fix it and not leave it up to the government.For now, Dipcon, in collaboration with the NDC, has employed a temporary arrangement by filling the collapsed section with materials from its nearby asphalt plant.“They break up dis road and dey might want charge government nuff money fuh fix it back,” another resident opined. |
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