The government’s being urged to pay urgent attention to what’s being described as a crucially important bridge – the one over the White River in Delices.
Former La Plaine MP Ron Green says the government should act promptly to repair or replace the bridge which he says has “severely corroded and is further deteriorating”.
He said in a statement that the authorities had ignored past pleas to assess the deteriorating White River bridge and take rehabilitative action.
The former parliamentarian and former United Workers Party leader says the bridge is very important to farmers, the people of Delices and Petite Savanne, and “of course Dominica’s top eco-tourism hotel, the well-known Jungle Bay,”.
According to Green the people who use the bridge have mobilized to “fix the dangerous potholes and surface works on the Delices-Petite Savanne Road itself”.
He considers that a signal to the government to “step up, access and or use whatever funds are available to do the necessary work immediately”.
Does anyone understand the term public figure? Some may not agree with me that Ron is a public figure but one cannot argue with the response his comment has generated. If I had made that statement it would not have receive the attention Ron’s received. Who knows, this might lead to the bridge being repaired.
all u jelous his 4 wheel drive en if green was in power he whould have done the same give him a brake
DNO,I’m wondering why you didn’t post any of my comments or responses.Was there anything wrong about the truth?
But Ron,where is the bridge(UWP built) you talking about? Showing the picture of the WHITE RIVER…where is the bridge? Is it that you too ashame to show the makakwie all you did?
Thank You Mr Green for raising such a genuine concern on the behalf of the People of the South East.
It was under your UWP government that this bridge was built providing access from Delices to Petite Savanne and further opening the country. Because of the road we had the construction of one of the most awarded hotels in the Caribbean, Jungle Bay Resorts.
The sulphur and the sea salt are having a negative effect on the bridge and Hon Green is simply calling on the Government to address the situation. Kudos to you Hon Green. Continue to represent the interest of the people of the South East
Ron..Take it easy!!!
IN TIME TO COME
Everthing gonna be alrigt!
IN TIME TO COME
You and UWP wont have mouth to talk.
whoever you are,i would not use profanity language but get real. The man is making a valid point! Geez! There are huge, deep potholes in the road which need to be repaired. If it was not for those good citizens i wonder how long it would take for the potholes to be covered. before it is too late the bridge needs to be repaired. get busy Mr. ST. Jean!
Hello you all think is this bridge alone that need to be fix, come take a look at the meville hall bridge where Skerrit travelling everyday to take his flight out of Dominica and also thats the first bridge the tourist them have to cross as soon as they leave the airport and is a shame to see this bridge, is high time we start to preasure the Gov’t about these dangerous bridges, but 27 million is spending for a state malic.
Ron!You come back again!Ron remember this bridge was built not too long ago by the United Workers Party. Remember too;instead of you the UWP went with the original plan for that bridge you all do all you cwith the money for the bridge.This bridge was surpose to be a two lane bridge.
That bridge was built in 1999 13 yrs ago, the E.C Loblack and the New bridge were built far longer than that small maintainance was done but you see they did things to pa to so now we have to find the money to repair that bridge.yes ron the bridge will be fixed in a new way,not on line but in time.
get your facts right it was builded in 97
Come on man! The deterioration of the structure has little to do with its age. The main cause of the deterioration is the service environment and other construction materials performance criterias. The bridge is situated on the Atlantic side where saltspray and other factors that influence the degradation are more prevalent. STOP playing politics or shut your boca if you dont know the issues. What is causing you all to be so politically blind? WOW!!
aye maman.. dat road between Boetica and Delice.. woyoyoy
DNO: “According to Green the people who use the bridge have mobilized to ‘fix the dangerous potholes and surface works on the Delices-Petite Savanne Road itself’.”
Be patient, Mr. Green. Recently, Mr. Blackmore did state that the road in question is scheduled for major attention.
The lord has spoken, so it must be so.
how long! the words now is “be patient” before it was ‘get them out at all course!The bridge needs to be repaired!
Corrosion has taken over that bridge which leaves its structural integrity in question. Just walk down by the river side and look at the underside and side beams. I cringe everytime I drive on it I cringe in fear it may collapse. But, c’est lavie en Dominique!
UWP THAT BUILD IT.
oh ‘ron’ how much time should we give to all you “labour’? 9 mths, another 5 years or a feew months before the next general election?
Hi, DNO why don’t you show the bridge so we can see the condition. Mr Green why don’t you worry about the bridge in Laplaine. I was there in 2011 & 2012 and a little rain fall but we could not cross the bridge because the river over flow. The broken tree branches clogged the waterway. The bridge in Laplaine and Rosalie need to be raised.
Agree.
When Ron was in office he never went by the white river, all of a sudden he wanna come talking about bridge, STUPESSSS!!!! man we had enough of you dont you understand? Ron didnot do nothing for La Plaine, Boetica and Delices, be patient the bridge will get done, good things going on in DA….
Paco i encourage you to think again about what u just said…under whose leadership did we get the delices bridg and road to petite savanne. open all u eyes people do not look at the messenger but at the messenger and listen to to the cry of we the people in the area
You right!And now Ron asking to clean up ALL YOU mess.
Good jon Green that’s what the opposition are here for to put pressure on the government in power making sure they do their job and the people benefits
the persons commenting thus far need to be more patriotic and less personal. mr green was in power 15 years ago in that time the bridge has detiorated enormously. now if he say nothing you would say he not representing and when he speaks its still negativity. if you care about your community put your differences aside and support the call for repairs to be made cause it might just be your $%* dat fall in d river
even forgot to mention that the current parl rep not even addressing the matter.smh
but he have 4WDrive vehicle and your tax money helping pay to maintain in the form of travel allowance so he wouldn’t bother him much.
Nothing wrong with a White River bath!
Ron, you still active? i thought that you are already in retirement, what are you going around inspecting.Ron relax your self,the government will get to it as soon as possible….
Ron boy, I recommend you stay in opposition all de time wee. To me is now you seeing more what La Plaine needs.
You to political. The bridge is in a dilapidated condition and needs repair or replacement. It is immature to not deal with the message and attack the messenger. Time to grow up and stay clear of this political tribalism
You forgot it,we will fix it,give us soom time Ron.
well ron
it took the UWP and Ron Green to build the bridge and road and it certainly looks like it will that the same to repair it.
the current parl rep is not doing a thing in the constituency. all he doing is drive in his expensive vehicl and u not hearing him saying a word on behalf of the people who voted him in office. Ron Green continues to speak for his people. As for you Anonymous…he continues to see and will always see. Take a drive from La Plaine to Delices and see the state of our roads, drive further down to Delices and let your eyes see what the people of the south east has to travel on and then let us know. For those of us who commute to and from town daily the road is nothing easy, road with pot holes, water project finish so long in delices and up to now the roads cannot be repaired, grass growing tall on the road side.
so let Ron Green talk for the people.
What about the roads in LaPlaine?
Did you vote the current PARL..REP..in office?