Major catastrophe predicted for Hannah’s Estate road
This is a scenario that can be allegedly applied to a looming serious problem along the Hannah’s Estate road in Sea Cows Bay. The road in the area, according to residents, stands poised to collapse any day as it is being affected by serious erosion.
The problems were brought to the attention of Virgin Islands News Online by a concerned resident and since then several others have also expressed fear over the situation. The situation is that a retaining wall along the road, which had collapsed over a year ago, has reportedly been neglected and erosion is constantly taking place.
The relevant authorities had started the reconstruction of the wall after it had fallen and in the process allegedly damaged the properties of persons living in close proximity. The work was then left incomplete.
Following the call by the resident, this news site did not delay to visit the scene. The first presenting issue was a long stream of heavy flowing water thumbling down the road. “Water is like gold dust on this island and yet they are allowing it to be wasted like this,” said a concerned resident. The resident explained that the water was coming from two points along the steep road where it is believed that a pipe or pipes have been broken.
The resident claimed she had personally filed several complaints to the Water and Sewerage Department but there has allegedly been no evident response. The leakage is now over two weeks old. What is most frightening is that the road is currently being undermined by erosion that persons say stems from the incomplete retaining wall and further compromised by the streams of water flowing down hill.
The situation in the area is severe to the extent that some owners of heavy vehicles have indicated to residents that they may no longer be able to traverse the road as the erosion has significantly narrowed the road in some sections. “The water truck said that soon they would not be able to bring water to us up the hill because the can see that the road going to cave in anytime and right now it get too narrow in that part (pointing to the spot),” complained one resident.
Right before the our eyes, the during the visit, there were at least two slides of the soil from beneath the asphalt road and there was evidence of larger recent slides.
Several areas along the road have multiple visible cracks, which give testimony that someday soon if not immediately addressed, the road could give-way. “This situation is very serious and we have been complaining, calling, going to people’s offices and still no one is taking this thing serious, they really out to spite this Third District or what man," said a resident.
Persons in the area said that they are disgust with being given the backs of Government and said that it is time that dirty politics be put aside and the interest of the people be addressed. “They will doubt that they not out to spite the Third District but if they do things differently we wouldn’t have to feel this way. Set priorities, that is the thing, set priorities.”
Several efforts were made to contact Third District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser R.A. and Director of Water and Sewerage Department Mrs Perline Scatliffe-Leonard but were unsuccessful. Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool was reached but indicated that he was in Cabinet meeting at the time.
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41 Responses to “Major catastrophe predicted for Hannah’s Estate road”
This is nothing but wickedness and mélange neglect...But wait there is another election coming
Their supporters has stood back in silence while a district has been singled out for victimization and not one NDP didn't fight for fairness and transparency and things to be done in the district.
Sweep them all out of office during the next elections and end the madness!
it is miron's unc.. who's the contractor