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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Matelot residents fixing bad roads for themselves

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900 days ago
20230122
Matelot villagers getting the work done. They are seen fixing the road between Shark River and Matelot

Matelot villagers getting the work done. They are seen fixing the road between Shark River and Matelot

RALPH BAN­WARIE 

Matelot res­i­dents say they have now re­sort­ed to fix­ing their own roads.
The res­i­dents say they have been com­plain­ing to the au­thor­i­ties for years but it seems their pleas have fall­en on deaf ears.

So the vil­lagers say they are now sourc­ing ma­te­ri­als and are do­ing their own road works.

John Lewis spokesper­son for the vil­lagers said "Matelot is a for­got­ten vil­lage and vil­lagers have de­cid­ed to fix the road for them­selves with the lit­tle re­sources they have. We live here so we have to pro­vide some safe­ty for our­selves and chil­dren as the road­way is very risky when tra­vers­ing."

He said the road­way is erod­ing dai­ly and soon ve­hi­cles would not be able to pass.

Lewis said the PTSC (Pub­lic Trans­port Ser­vice Cor­po­ra­tion) ser­vice has al­so stopped be­cause of the road con­di­tions.

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