Ca­roni Cen­tral MP Arnold Ram wants the Min­istry of Works to re­pair the Carlsen Field Con­nec­tor Road.

Ram spoke with Guardian Me­dia when he went to get a first-hand look at the road re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion works tak­ing place at Ed­in­burgh 500 on Thurs­day. Ram said he was pleased to see the works com­mence, hav­ing writ­ten the Min­istry of Works in April 2024 re­quest­ing four roads be re­ha­bil­i­tat­ed in that area.

Ram said res­i­dents be­gan com­plain­ing about the craters in the road and the hike in taxi fares to get in and out of the com­mu­ni­ty. He said the Con­nec­tor Road is lo­cat­ed at the south­ern end of Cas­sia Boule­vard and can re­duce traf­fic con­ges­tion in Ch­agua­nas by al­low­ing traf­fic head­ing south to con­nect with the Carlsen Field over­pass at Chase Vil­lage, with­out hav­ing to en­ter in­to the al­ready clogged up Ch­agua­nas area.

He said around 300 me­tres of the road­way need­ed to be up­grad­ed to make the area ac­ces­si­ble.