‘JVD road a death trap’ – Gerald A. Chinnery
The road in its present state presents a danger to persons seeking to traverse it as it is treacherous to navigate, this news site observed while on a tour of it just last weekend.
Speaking on the state of the road was Jost Van Dyke born resident Gerald A. Chinnery, who described the road as dangerous and vowed never to take the chance of traversing it again until it is fixed.
“The road is called the Hatchett Hill Road, it goes from Great Harbour up to Plantation at Hatchett Hill and goes up towards the eastern end,” he said.
“The road from Plantation to go to Hatchett Hill is really, really bad. That road really needs to be fixed. That road has been like that for the past 12 to 14 years. We the people of Jost Van Dyke think that it is high time that the road be looked after as Jost Van Dyke has been rated as one of the top destinations in the world as voted by Travelwise last year.”
“Everybody would see what happens here in Jost Van Dyke for New Year's and the amount of people that we draw to the island and I think that the Government needs to pay more attention to the people and the interest of this island,” the Jost Van Dyke resident and businessman said.
According to Chinnery, the road is a very important one as it is a vital link for people who own property on the hills and who want to do farming. He said a lot of young people want to build on the hill and a lot of people want to come back home from overseas.
“After today I would not be driving on that road ever again and that is a promise because it is literally death,” declared Chinnery.
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