THE PICTURE ON page two of yesterday's STAR spoke volumes. The picture showed a man mixing a bag of cement to repair a pothole.
In the background another man is seen smoothing out the holes with the cement mixture.
According to the caption, the two young men are from Cassia Park, St. Andrew, and were voluntarily repairing potholes at the corner of Westminster Road and Cassia Park Avenue.
The picture definitely em-phasised the poor road conditions and the impact that it is having on various communities. These men must have been frustrated with the road conditions to take up the task of purchasing materials and repairing a roadway.
It would appear that the agencies entrusted with the responsibility of repairing the roads have failed to effectively execute it. The inability of the agencies to properly fix the roads and ensure their maintenance is a costly burden for the government and people of Jamaica.
Bad roads encourage crime as criminals in some communities with bad roads sometimes prey on drivers while they try to manoeuvre a stretch of potholes.
Motorists also have to be spending thousands of dollars repairing their damaged vehicles while the government has to spend more money to repair long stretches of damaged roadway that could have been curbed from it was a pothole.
While the residents must be lauded for being proactive in repairing their roads, those with the responsibility must do better and ensure that they consistently provide good road surfaces for motorists and Jamaicans.
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