Long suffering residents of Morne Daniel say they are pleased that their road is currently being repaired, through the help of the Chinese company undertaking the West Coast Road Project and the Chinese Embassy.
But not all the residents are joyful over the development.
Those living at upper Morne Daniel are complaining that the repair work is reaching only as far as the residence of the Chinese Ambassador, and that the upper part of the road which has needed urgent attention for quite a while now, is again being ignored.
A Chinese spokesman told Dominica News Online that undertaking to repair the entire road would be a very costly affair.
A local committee which sought to raise funds for the project says it has only managed to collect just over $30,000 for a job it estimates will cost $700,000.
A committee spokesman said $20,000, of the funds raised had been donated by the Chinese Embassy.
A spokesman for the Embassy who confirmed this said doing the upper part of the Morne Daniel road would be a very costly affair, and this wasn’t under consideration at the moment.
Works Minister Rayburn Blackmoore when contacted by DNO said he was aware of the complaints by the residents and was looking into the matter.
However angry residents say that’s not very reassuring.
One resident, Derrick John Lewis, believes “the Chinese are willing to help us”.
However he says the government should step in and help make the project a reality.
John Lewis says the road which is in an atrocious condition, should be made a priority.
“I am very disappointed because if you fix the road here, it is not only for us,” he said, pointing out that emergency services and other government vehicles also use the road.
According to John Lewis an ambulance had great difficulty two years ago reaching a sick Morne Daniel resident who needed care.
He says the vehicle couldn’t reach the house, with the man pronounced dead one hour later.
“They cannot get there in time because the road is so bad,” John Lewis told DNO.
Another resident who expressed great disappointment that only the lower part of the road was being repaired, said “the idea of doing one part and leaving quite a few residents at the upper part without any such service is very unfair”.
That individual said the road was declared a public road by government thirty years ago and that they have a responsibility to fix it.
“The residents haven’t been told anything, we see activity, and we see the activity stopping prematurely and we have to ask questions – somebody needs to meet with us and tell us (what’s happening). It’s about 18 months now since we had a series of meetings with the minister and we were made promises,” that resident said.
“We have a lot of questions that we need answered,” he added.
Another resident who contacted the local committee to find out the status of the road repairs, agreed that Works Minister Blackmoore should meet with the residents to update them on the situation, and try to get upper Morne Daniel repaired as well.
Unlike the already pitched lower portion of the road, however, upgrading upper Morne Daniel to proper road status is likely to be a major undertaking.
The residence of Morne Daniel, purchased agricultural land to build their homes, they know that, when everybody was buying land by sq.ft., they were buying by acre to build their homes plenty cheaper than the rest of us, so it is the responsibility of their developer to fix road for them, they know that well, they are just being troublesom
orne Daniel is private porporty, hey lucky the Chinese embassy up there, so the chinese fixing the road to their embassy, the residents of Morne Daniel know they are suppose to form a residents association and fix their road.
Morne Daniel residents can afford to put money together to fix their little road… is those poor people in Tete Morne that need their road fixed.
“Labour Power!” “We voting Labour just like that!” “We going all de way with de Labour Party!” “Woy woy woy something’s happening… and we so excited!” “Who do you want? Skerrit or Barnabas?” “No constitution, no law can stop me…” “It’s none of your d*** busines; go to hell, go to hell, go to hell!”
DO ANY OF THESE FAMOUS QUOTATIONS RING A BELL?
“Morne Daniel is for residential use only, no commercial or industrial activities are permitted” – quote from Physical Planning, published in the Chronicle of 18 June, 2010.
Because of the nature of houses at Morne Daniel I take it the residents have ‘funds’. Instead of complaining surely it would be more cost effective to make a collection amongst them and repair the worse sections of the road, rather than have to fix their vehicles damaged as a result of the roads.
it doesnt matter the financial status of the residents…the point is that they vote just like me and you and are entitled to their constitutional right of justice and equality.
MR SKERRIT, SIR ITS BEEN QUIET A WHILE THE ROAD BEEN LIKE THIS, SO THE PEOPLE OF THAT COMUNITY TIME IS UP FOR THAT ROAD TO BE FIXED, FIND THE FUNDS FIXXX IT, I AM YOUR TRUE SUPORTER, BLESSINGS SIR
If the Chinese Ambassador residence was at upper Morne Daniel they would repair the entire road. Dominicans use your brains!
“A spokesman for the Embassy who confirmed this said doing the upper part of the Morne Daniel road would be a very costly affair, and this wasn’t under consideration at the moment.”
It was never under consideration at all. They want an excuse so they using COST! Lies!!!!
But should they fix the whole thing when they were only able to raise such little fund. It is only common sense that they try to fix where they use on a daily basis.. duhh..
Some very interesting comments, as usual. I see one of them suggests that Govt should repair road for people with seemingly smaller mortagages or renting houses, but those with bigger mortgages or those who have built their houses from money saved from hard work during their youth should not get Govt assistance to repair roads. Interesting.
It’s been so long that this road needs to be fixed. The government also needs to repair the Wallhouse road. Mr. George needs to do something for his constituency because in 15 years he has yet to do anything.
A far as I remember there is a back road through Morne Daniel to by pass the cliff area in the event of a landslide, which occurred many years ago. It would be beneficial to keep that PUBLIC ROAD maintained in the event of an emergency/natural disaster.
Instead of complaining about the Chineese building the main road at Morn Daniel half way to the Embassy entrance, Dominicans living at Morne Daniel should be grateful and send the Chineese Ambassador a thank you card instead. The more you give the people the more they want to take. Never ever thankful and satified. Crabs I tell you! CRABS.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT TERRIBLE ROAD AT THE BAC OF AUTO TRADE?
Government has no right fixing that road….it is a private development with nuff people making nuff money living there……do they pay any tax to urban council at canefield? they want to live big and not contribute and expect those things to be done, with money from other people no less…..stupppesss
the people work HARD for their money…that doesnt mean that they have to spend it to build road…that is the job of the government that they VOTE for…just like you!…y u doesnt take your money and fix your road?? furthermore, they do not need to pay tax to canefield urban council because they vote with Fond Cole, not canefield…get your facts straight.
DNO, WHY ARE YOU NOT POSTING MY COMMENT ?
DNO has made it clear that persons should ot post comments using caplcks.use lower case letters. This is why your comments are probably not posted
i mad right now…i mad…this information i reading from the person who is on probably on the cane field council….why these people not paying tax…
and they bold enough to request for repair of roads….DO SOMETHING skerrit…i know you read dno….i have family members that that paying so much tax..too much tax ..this is wrong
MORNE DANIEL IS NOT PART OF CANEFIELD….I REPEAT NOT NOT NOT PART OF CANEFIELD
IT IS PART OF ROSEAU NORTH! THEIR PARL REP IS JULIUS TIMOTHY
well i found it strange too that the person(lovely Dominica) told me go check out the canefield council but i just thought they knew what they were saying
@ lovely Dominica….well if they not paying tax then that’s wrong…
tax is a necessary evil…Winston church-hill words
that must be addressed …why should some pay tax and some don’t ….they should certainly go to jail for tax evasion and pay the money owed to the government
like i said the road should be repaired but like many people on here have pointed out there are areas that are worst and should be given priority
this road should be repaired
All they need to do is to put the Venezuelan ambassador’s residence to the end of the road, and the Venezuelan embassy will fix the rest of the road….. all Morn Daniel needs is a few more ambassadors at strategic points in the community!
Come on people, why must i always be the one with the great ideas………… I guess some a just born great!
You are welcomed
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When allu finish come and talk about crab in barrel syndrome. I don’t think I have seem a people who are more jealous of their own people. Let’s stay divided and we will see who owns this country after 30 years.
It is for things like this we see how united we are as a people. We have not learned anything over teh years. We will support all kids of foreigners who come to our country, but the moment one of our own people stand to benefit from anything the jealous bone in our bodies come out to tear them down. This is very sad.
Its’s not just the Morne Daniel Road alone.It’s like Potholes breeding more potholes in the Roseau South Area. Can someone tell me where is Mr. Ambrose George??? I guess I must pay all my taxes including VAT while the Government saves through less frequent road maintenance. Time for that nonsense to stop!!!
Blackmoore should be straight with the people and tell them it is not the Government’s responsibility that they should contact their seller.
There is a particular road in Morne Daniel where a a particular Government Official is leaving is a dirt road. I understood they fixed two roads before that particular road – promised to come and do the same for the dirt road and up to this date no one is taking them on. But they continue on their merry way.
Morne Daniel people pay taxes and had to pay thousands of dollars to get water and electricity. Morne Daniel People pay for street lights, water, parpin, SAT, DSS, VAT, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. EVEN SOLID WASTE NOW, so chek your facts before taking.
they should contact the vendor or his heirs
okay idiots, let morne daniel residents negotiate a few tax breaks with the government then they come together and fix their own road, that’s agreeable isn’t it….ohhh nooo my mistake, you all will have a problem with that too. because you miserable people will have to take a little increase in your taxes to make up for our little freeup….. my black behind man, sometimes I would prefer if i was born white. black people just to full of it.
You sound intelligent and there is merit in your suggestion that should be explored, but please what is all this about BLACK? Do not dilute a great suggestion with such petty destructive innuendo. YOU CAN DO BETTER SO DO BETTER
You sound so angry… peel your black skin off you arrogant excuse!
yes you should have been born brown, white or better green like your vendor
If you going there is for 3 reasons
Either you going Home
you going to visit somebody at their home
or you going to steal from someone’s home
I agree the government should help but it’s not a priority as there are many other roads in deplorable conditions where people have to travel and they have nothing to do with the area itself, it’s just a point on the journey. In that regard I believe the residents should come together, use the 30,000 to buy cement and start work on a road.
I just hope they look out for the weather.
Yes, I was really surprised to see the Beau Bois road to Giraudel in such a poor condition too. In places it is just a string of tarmac held together by holes.
Here is another reason people go to Morne Daniel:
– TO WORK: Marpin have employees there, Greenhill Retirement Home have its employees, I’m sure the embassies employ 1 or 2 local, and what about the people employed to clean, do yard work and whatever else.
I dont mean to suggest that this request should be ignored, in fact I hope they get some help, but with limited resources the Government may be wiser to focus on roads which impact even more person, like the feed roads which are very bad to some of our key farming areas.
I chose to build my house in an isolated area far from the highway, it would be nice to have a perfect road but its a compromise I chose to make. The residents of Morne Daniel were quite aware of the road situation before they decided to build there, so they need to take some responsibility for their own road. Tough pill to swallow.
They bought the land as agricultural land and they all built on it. Years aago, they refused to recognise the Local Government Authority in the area. They formed a committe and collected funds to repair the roads. There are much more residents up there now so they should continue repairing their roads.
If this was a CXC Exam everybody fail. The article said quite clearly that the road is not a private road but was declared a public road by the government 30 years ago. People please read before commenting. In this case the government is responsible for fixing the roads. I’m sure the residents of Morne Daniel pay their taxes as well.
dno should learn the history of morne daniel and put out correct info…it is a private development, so so goes the road
Which taxes? you mean Income Tax like everyone else
moron half of the coments were placed there before the article was updated
DNO FOR YOUR INFORMATIOIN, please contact the physical planning division to provide your posters with the relevant information about Morne Daniel’s status as a RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA. It is shameful to see your readership going on like this. are you promoting ignorance DNO??
Morne Daniel was private development and we should be happy that at least some road improvement can be undertaken. Those who opted to build in Morne daniel were not forced too because they wanted to live in Boujeaur city. Well then they should be responsible for fixing thier own roads. QUESTION: HOW MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN MORNE DANIEL PAY HOUSE TAX????
Here we go again, divide and rule. My people let’s look at the message and not the messenger. It is not right to say the people in morne Daniel are all rich and can afford, all so it is wrong to say we are not suppose to use tax payers money to fix their roads .these people pay tax like all of us. The powers that be have a responsibility to all citizens rich or poor. When people of a country calls out for help, we have to listen and put forward a plan which will fit the people and their needs. I agree 100% that they can all get together and do more, ask the gov’t to match the $30.000 and labor will be provide on their part. Let’s stop fighting down communities, let’s stop the segregation, we are all in this together. GOD BLESS DOMINICA.
It is great to see the awareness between public sector activity and private sector activity.
A case in point up:upgrading the airport and putting night landing is public sector ;puting planes in place to take advantage and make money in the travel industry is private sector
I take it that most of the idiots posting comments dont read: THE ROAD HAS BEEN DEEMED PUBLIC FOR 30 YEARS NOW!!! Therefore is IS the responsibility of the government. Blackmoore needs to do more work on this “looking-into”. The residents of that upper section have been making efforts to raise monies on their own. Stop hating on people who worked hard to buy land in Morne Daniel. It’s a little assistance they are looking for, just like other communites around the island.
Oh boy!
AND TINY U NEED TO RETHINK YOUR POSITION DON’T YOU KNOW THAT PLP WHO ACCUMULATE LARGE SUMS OF WEALTH ARE ALWAYS RELUCTANT TO SPEND IT FOR THEIR OWN GAIN AND KEEP WAITING ON HANDOUTS.
COME ON WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP THEMSELVES EVERYBODY JUST THINK THE GOV’T IS THEIR MOTHER AND FATHER.
MORNE DANIEL HAVE MILLIONAIRES THAT CAN HELP REHABILITATE THEIR ROAD STOP BUILDING MANSIONS WITHOUT ACCESS!!!!
they are paying taxes while the poor don’t…..now if they were multimillionaires don’t you think they would have repaired the road themselves….
a little land these people have and all you think they have millions in the bank…..come on skerrit repair the road
well i see we have a lot of socialist here…
you guy hate rich people….spread the wealth ..can anyone use the road? then it’s a public road….the seller of the land did his share by dividing the land properly and constructing a dirt road….stop the hate…
just like in the picard area that is filled with huge homes….the road is the governments responsibility…..you all seeing people in huge homes and have no idea what they going through…the huge loans they need to repay….they work hard paying their bills…they do not even enjoy their wealth most times…its their children who enjoy it when they inherit the properties that have been paid for their their parents
i post it again…i don’t compalin
Find out from the Canefield Council how many of them pay tax? And how many ever atted a meeting when called to?
I don’t think the council chairman is in a hurry to attract these people as he knows that he would be disposed off in short time.
okay … well if you put yourself in a big house and you struggling…….. whose fault is that? The seller gave you dirt road and you want taxpayers money to put paved road? stupzzzzzzzzzzz
OMG. Im Not going to hate on MD (mt Daniel) residents, i understand, you guys are misers. Such Miers! Fix yall own roads, im Saying you buy very expense land, build million dollar Mansion, nice cars, yall do everything big. Now its all good, i aint got no problem with their wealth, but the tax payers of Dominica shouldn’t be responsibility for your luxury.
If you are asking us tax payers for help, i think its only right we advice yall.
First, create A HOA, (Homeowers Assoc.) yall go to Miami all the time, you know what HOA is, and how it works.
but i guess thats too much for yall. I say the Cainfield V Committee should do the HOA. They will will fix your roads and some maintainance, but you in turn Homeowner will pay An aggreed amount every month, i Suggest $300 a month.
This will do fix your problem for the long term
This statement is ridiculous. The same way it is the government’s responsibility to fix every other road in Dominica, that is their’s as well. that statement is very bias i must say. These people pay the same taxes as us so i dont see why they should be treated differently
FACTS:
1. “If you are asking us tax payers for help” Morne Daniel residents pay tax too
2. “…Cainfield V Committee should do the HOA” Morne Daniel is not part of Canefield, they are part of Roseau North
3. “i Suggest $300 a month” Not everybody leaving Morne Daniel rich.
the issue is not people size of house. No one is responsible for your misery, if you have. A ladder has many rounds and each one belongs somewhere. Many of the people there pay Tax too and they should enjoy previleges. However the road mentainance is for the seller. Maybe what they can do is sue.
i love when the elite squabble with government. these folks dont even know their neighbors. they should plan a community day of service in morne daniel to fix their road. $30,000.00, nuff bags of cement.
sorry to say, there are not public schools, hospital or facilities up there, this is private development so i don’t understand why the govt has to be the one to do the roads???? go to the developers and ask them for the roads. ‘they’ should have put all this place when land was being sold…
what madness is this? morne daniel is a private development so why does the govt have to take up the responsibility to fix their roads? why can’t a committee be formed, amongst the residents to look over their beautiful community????????
please people, after reading the ignorant comments posted here, it is very obvious that most of you don’t have a clue as to the policy in that regard, oh boy the bureaucracy again. I may not be able to quote the LAW word for word but after a number of years the access roads become the Government’s responsibility. Morne Daniel is no longer “Private Property” and is afforded all the courtesies that other “RESIDENTIAL AREAS” are afforded. I will update you “good” folks with the applicable legislature in a future post…. most people in this “residential area” have worked hard to EARN their property and comforts. unlike one whom I will not refer to. please direct all sentiments of animosity to the relevant individual.
WHAT NONSENSE YOU SAYIN .. SINCE WHEN MORNE DANIEL NOT PRIVATE ? SO YOU SAYIN WALLHOUSE AND CASTLE COMFORT SINCE PPL SPEND MONEY BUILD HOUSE THEY SHOULD BEG GOVERNMENT FIX IT .. MORNE DANIEL COMMUNITY WELL OFF PPL THAT .. FORM A COMMUNITY .. WALLHOUSE HAS ONE AND THEY FIX THE ROADS WHEN NEED ..
The people upper Morne Daniel should stop complain and do something themselves. They are persons who can afford so help yourselves and stop the crying. Form a commitee contribute and then ask the government to fund the rest. Dont sit on all the money where as the help can go to the poor.Stupessssssssssssssss
So you want them to fund infrastructure development on their own and they turn around and pay income taxes again? The poor pay very little if any taxes, so they are the ones paying the piper. How much more burden do you want to impose on these people?
These people are working stiffs, not the Bill Gates of the world.
FYI. ALL DOMINICANS, RICH AND POOR ALIKE, PAY AT LEAST 15% OF EACH DOLLAR THEY SPEND IN TAX (VAT)
good point too!
i believe that if you had “read” the news release you would see that residents have already made voluntary contributions towards construction of the roads
good point!
When these private development areas are set up they seem not to consider the infrastructure and the house owners & planners should plan ahead for road maintenance etc. Government can’t do everything people.
Why are many Dominicans jealous of the people that have money in Dominica and abroad? Go get your own money and stop hating on people that have. You all are the most jealous people on Gods green earth. Its sickening and also sad. Bunch of haters. Smh… Get mad at all your past and present politicians for all your struggles instead of the people that have money. Go work or get a legal hustle.
Who have money? stupzzzzz…. Morne Daniel people can hardly keep up with their mortgages……
stupzzz. real millionaires duh live up there. No sir!
Jealousy will devour us!How about Upper Belfast,Veille Case or Beau Bois? Don’t they have public access roads? Apart from the Chinese Embassy, Mn. Daniel also houses the Cuban Embassy. Are you seriously suggesting that we should insist they pay for roads themselves too? In any case,I understand the rehabilitation of the Mn. Daniel Rd., up to the Chinese Embassy, will be carried out at no expense to the public purse.
“Don’t you think we are depending on the Chinese a little too much here. We are like kids asking our father for everything we see in a showcase.” Then there are others who will claim that, “we should take our stores back from them. There are too many Chinese people in Dominica,” but we depend on them for everything. ” Hey, I’m just saying, ask you guys Prime Minister for some money out of that $27,000,000 he claim the state house is going to cost. On the other hand,maybe some that can help repair or improve the roadway in Morne Daniel. Or you can continue to support all the blatant garbage that he does and see your every day worries left stagnant his peripheral vision.”
“Don’t you think we are depending on the Chinese a little too much here. We are like kids asking our father for everything we see in a showcase.” Then there are others who will claim that, “we should take our stores back from them There are too many Chinese people in Dominica,” but we depend on them for everything. ” Hey, I’m just saying, ask you guys Prime Minister for some money out of that $27,000,000 he claim the state house is going to cost. Maybe some that can help repair or improve the roadway in Morne Daniel. Or you can continue to support all the blatant garbage that he does and see your every day worries left stagnant his peripheral vision.”
Yes, it’s private snd that same minister take tax payers money and fix the road leading to his house, let be fair
just dont pay road vehicle license bcuz this is what this money should be for….. instead of fattenin ppls pockets!!!
This problem persist because government allowed the developer to sell the land as agricultrual plots. As a result of this distinction, the developer was not required to build proper roads for Morne Daniel residents. Twenty years later, emergency vehicles still cannot reach the upper portion of Morne Daniel because of poor road conditions.
This is typical Dominican thinking and planning. Nothing new as much as I hate to say it.
Just so you are aware, the government did not “allow” the developer to sell the land as agricultural land as you claim, the land was indeed agricultural land and that was it’s purpose back in the day when it was sold many years ago to the first title owners. If i remember clearly Morne Daniel was a vast farm with livestock and mangoes, guavas, coconuts, and other fruit stock. It was equipped with dirt road access to all points as was required. Morne Daniel today is not the Morne Daniel of yesterday so don’t go blaming the developer for present day issues if the people who bought the land developed it into an elite community. Having said that, the area is destined as public now and as such government has a responsibility to ensure that the roads in the area are maintained like any other roads in other livable areas of the Island. The people of Morne Daniel are pulling together to raise some funds to assist in this venture, I see no reason why the Government cannot lend a hand.
My step father works for the department of land and surveys. When my parents bought land in Copthall, the land was sold as agricultural plots. We paid a sum of $3000.00 for electricity. I carried water on my head before we tapped into an under ground well. Residents put money together and they purchased a pump so that we could enjoy pipe borne water.
This is an old practice in Dominica. If you want to avoid building infrastructure into a new development, you sell the land as agricultural plots versus residential lots. I know what I am talking about. I remember reading the ordinances while I was at D.G.S.
I presume Govt. (through their Physical Planning Div.) also granted permits for residential developments there, rather then farms. Surely, by doing so they made themselves liable for providing
the necessary infrastructure and for which taxes can be imposed. We continue to have this dichotomy in our country, where we institute regulations and then merrily either ignore them or break them. To this day we still don’t have a national zoning plan in place, not to speak of enforcement of existing legislation. I hope the current issue can act as a catalyst to take firm action but I’m not holding my breath.
People in Morne Daniel buy cheaper vehicles instead of buying these expensive SUV from and use the money u save to fix the roads. When you all bought these lands from green and them is they who were responsible for fixing these road. Start a committee and collect road tax to fix you all roads not on poor people tax money. So much poor villages that have bad roads. you all should not be priority.
POOR PEOPLE tax money….last time I check poor people (i.e. people how make less than $20,000 a year) don’t pay income tax….and all ah we pay VAT so is not poor people own alone…And when you go and buy the cheaper vehicle that means you have to park where the good road ends and walk the rest because the “CHEAP” vehicle may not be able to make it there.
And doh forget Marpin employees and all the other employees that working up Morne Daniel. Remember Morne Daniel doh have bus service (I wonder why?). The poor people you talking about that have to go and clean those people house
Remember, farmers and fishermen not paying tax on their income. A lot of other people’s income in Dominica is too low to qualify for income tax. Most revenue these days is derived from import duty and VAT. So the more you consume (…the more money you have to spend), the more you contribute to the govts. income, which is, or SHOULD be used to provide services to all, espeically the disadvantaged.
And don’t forget I have a retirement home up Morne Daniel as well…I would like to know an ambulance can reach those people if need be
family for family..the chinese working where their intrests lie.whoever is responsible for the roads at morne daniel should attend to the roads govt,or the seller/developer of the lands.boss the roads from grand bay to delice are in a deplorable state too and nothing is being done about it “while some building houses and some giving cars”.
they are paying taxes while the poor don’t…..now if they were multimillionaires don’t you think they would have repaired the road themselves….
a little land these people have and all you think they have millions in the bank…..come on skerrit repair the road…
MORNE DANIEL IS NOT ALONE. THE LAND OWNERS SELL THEIR PROPERTIES AND RENEGE ON THEIR RESPOSIBILITIES TO PROVIDE PROPER ACCESS ROADS AND OTHER FACILITIES. ASK THE RESIDENTS OF CASTLE COMFORT(BEAU BOIS & GOMMIER) WALL HOUSE, LEOPOLDVILLE AMONG OTHERS
HOW DO WE BLAME THE GOV’T FOR THAT? THE GOVT CAN HELP US BUT WHY DO WE OVERLOOK THOSE WHO CONNED US? AND WE HAVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN
Morne Daniel is not a private development nuh? So why these people buying Land tete-negre in a place with poor road infrastructure?….Is it a status quo thing?
We all know that the residents of Morne Daniel are among the most affluent in Dominican Society, if the developers wont do it, they need to stop being miserly and put up some serious money to fix THEIR road. We all know that we have many primary roads around the island that service entire clusters of villages, and these road are also in terrible condition. These should certainly be a higher priority for government expenditure by several orders of magnitude.
I think people who purchase land in private developments should make the developer responsible for the upkeep of the infrastructure. To demand that the entire population subsidizes the infrastructure in the these PRIVATE developments is unfair.
well i see we have a lot of socialist here…
you guy hate rich people….spread the wealth ..can anyone use the road? then it’s a public road….the seller of the land did his share by dividing the land properly and constructing a dirt road….stop the hate…
just like in the picard area that is filled with huge homes….the road is the governments responsibility…..you all seeing people in huge homes and have no idea what they going through…the huge loans they need to repay….they work hard paying their bills…they do not even enjoy their wealth most times…its their children who enjoy it when they inherit the properties that have been paid for their their parents
Government will be setting a bad presidence by surfacing roads in Morne Daniel. The fact is that those developers are the ones for the residents to approach because is them they give their long money
are you aware that person from whom you purchase the land is the one to put in the infrastructure? that is why government warn people about these sellers.
you so so so right
So why does the govt. then approve permits for private homes in those areas?
On the other hand we also have illegally constructed dwellings in inappropriate locations, which are happily hooked up to electricity, water, telephone but when nature threatens their existence govt. has to put its hands in its pockets to save- or rehabilitate them. How does that song go again:” everything, upside down, back to front…!”.
maybe they can look into ways to help drive down the coast of the project if haven’t done so already. the people from the community can volunteers to help with the labor. often times that is what drive the cost up so high.
I concur, it is unfair, we cannot reach just by the residence of the chinese ambassador, we are a community and must look out for each other.
If something would happen to the chinese personel it would be kind neighbors like ourselve who would have to come in and care and support. Friends with the chinese? lets put it in action.
you to greedy use there example the man know he living in a private area and the road not governments responsibility take his example and do the same come together and fix u all road
the government should not be responsible to fix the road on private property. the person or persons selling the property is responsible for the roads. how can u buy a million dollar property with no decent access then want the tax payers to pay for it for u. they can all take out a second mortgage on their property to fix the road.
I totally agree, that part of Dominica is very wealthy and the residents there should pay for the road or at least help more than they are prepared to. Where is their community spirit.
Well said, Mike!!
Sooo true, well said!
i back u 100% that road is a private road not government responsibility just like the road inside castle comfort the one wall house and the one leopoldville
the residents should realise that the road is there responsibility and not governments thats just lazyness on there part its UR PRIVATE ROAD SO ITS UR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP IT WELL MAINTAINED NOT THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT
Allu cannot read: It is NOT a private road. It is a public road
Last time I check bigger salary means more tax (at leeast that’s how I know it should be)…just because I making more than someone else doesn’t mean that the tax dollars I pay should not assist them and not me
the road leading to the chineese residence is in good condition compared to the rest of the road; the minister should realise that the residence are making a conscious effort in having this road surfaced and the government should defenitely take on its responsibility.
smart its a private road up there it has nothgin to do with government
it is not a private road FYI….smh….it is better to be thought of as………….u know the rest
I AGREE WITH YOU STEVO….THE LOWER SECTION OF ROAD AT MORNE DANIEL IS PROPERLY MANTAIN WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE LIVES FURTHER UP. IT IS TOO GLEARING THAT THE ROAD WORKS STARTS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THIS CHINESE BUILDING AT MORNE DANIEL THIS GOVERNMENT IS JUST TALK AND NO ACTION…MR BLACKMORE SHOULD COME OUT AND TALK ON THIS MATTER. THESE PEOPLE PAY TAXES JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY..INSTEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT USING TAX PAYERS MONEY TO LIVE LUXURIOUS LIVES THEY SHOULD SEEK SOME FUNDING TO GET THIS DONKEY TRAIL ROAD IN A MOTORABLE CONDITION.
tell me what is the Government responsibility? Have you asked the people in the area how the land was sold?. To avoid putting in all the amenities it was sold as agricultural land and everybody buy. Sad to say not even water mellon and sweet-potato suited for the area is planted there.
But this is a private development area why should government meet the cost of roads in those areas?.
$700,000 is a lot of money to find the people should contribute more. You cannot build your two and three million dollar house with elecronic gates and swimming pools and then expect government to build the roads for you.