THE EDITOR, Sir:
A GOOD road network is a prerequisite to enhance the quality of life.
The remarkable Highway 2000 and the North Coast Highway, represent modern development that fits in the bigger picture of socio-economic development.
The downside of this is the monumental over-runs which have become a hallmark of almost all government projects. The Negril segment, which was slated to cost US$1.6 billion, ended up costing US$3.6 billion. While this development deserves high marks, there is another side of the coin and that is the neglect of rural roads especially in the deep rural areas of Little London Division. The ignoring of rural development continues because the "Kingston is Jamaica" syndrome is alive and kicking.
The roads of the Little London Division in Westmoreland, include cane farmers' roads. They are the Long Pond Road, Camp Savanna Mountain, Ebenezer, Grant Bush, Brown Bush, Caana Bush, Cottage, Broughton Cross Road to Hope Wharf, the Egypt back roads, the Paul Island to Causeway (Geneva) roads.
I would be remiss not to make representation for the early allocation for cane farmers' road long before the sugar crop starts. What compounds the problem is the miniature allocation for the constituencies of Central and Western Westmoreland. It is imperative that this sum be substantially increased in order to realise its objectives.
Over to you Mr. Member of Parliament, Hon. Wykenham McNeill and Councillor Earl Brooks of the Little London Division.
I am, etc.,
FRANK L.R. MANBORDE
JLP Councillor/Caretaker
Little London Division
Westmoreland
