THE EDITOR, Madam:
LET ME use this medium to decry the level of injustice and deprivation some people in the Lyndale/Retreat community are experiencing.
The main road from Standfast to Retreat is in a deplorable condition, even tractors are not able to access sections of the road. The road is filled with pot holes caused by poor drainage. Poor people who own vehicles have to park them. Taxi operators are disgruntled and are threatening to withdraw their services.
The road is the main access that links Trelawny and parts of St. Ann to the Education Centre of Brown's Town. Do we have to block the roads to get attention? On the other hand, since the death of the two Justices of the Peace who served the community some years ago, the citizens have written several letters to the powers that be requesting replacement of these persons. Names have been submitted for over four years, yet no replacement is made. Poor pensioners, returning residents have to go outside the immediate district to seek such services.
Oftentimes their problems are not addressed because they are not known to the Justices of the Peace outside the area. We also wonder why Cable and Wireless doesn't see it fit to install even call boxes in this big and ever- growing community.
Are we a forgotten people living in no-man's land?
I am, etc.,
PETRO LANES
St. Ann
