Lee An­na Ma­haraj

Just a day af­ter the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port patched it up, the Bras­so Ve­na­do Main Road has fall­en apart again.

Res­i­dent and Pres­i­dent of the Bras­so Ve­na­do Vil­lage Coun­cil, Mar­i­lyn Vil­lafana, said around 5 PM, she start­ed re­ceiv­ing calls from the vil­lagers, re­port­ing that the road be­gan break­ing down.

On Mon­day, the MOWT sent a team to the com­mu­ni­ty to pro­vide a tem­po­rary so­lu­tion by fill­ing up the bro­ken road­way with grav­el.

This hap­pened just in time for the fu­ner­al of Dhan­matie Guy, a res­i­dent who passed away on Sat­ur­day night. The fu­ner­al took place on Tues­day, and the hearse was able to pass fair­ly smooth­ly on the patched up road.

Ini­tial­ly, both an am­bu­lance and a hearse had to turn back, be­cause they could not pass.

While the res­i­dents ex­pressed grat­i­tude to the MOWT, they said they need a more per­ma­nent so­lu­tion.

Vil­lafana said they will not give up on their fight for bet­ter road con­di­tions.

Re­gard­ing the open­ing of the Bras­so Ve­na­do Pri­ma­ry School, Vil­lafana said she doubts the stu­dents and teach­ers will risk tra­vers­ing the road. She be­lieves it could re­main closed for the rest of the year.