Mount Pleasant Residents Slams MP for ‘Neglecting’ Roads

Some residents of Mount Pleasant in North West Clarendon are upset with their member of parliament, the JLP’s Phillip Henriques over the state of the roads in their community.

They say if the roads are not repaired they will find it hard to support Henriques if he decides to seek a new term in office at the next General Election.

Daina Davy reports.

Philip Henriques was one of the JLP’s surprise winners at the September 2020 general elections. But some of his constituents say they are frustrated by his lack of representation, especially on the matter of roads.

They say they are speaking up now as they are eager to seize the opportunities that will be provided under the government’s new Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network, SPARK, programme.

Some residents, who chose not to speak on the record say several constituents did not vote in the recent local government election because of the state of the roads.

They say MP Henriques will feel their wrath come general election day.

One person claimed that MP Henriques was absent from the campaign trail and failed to support Councillor Henry, who went on to secure the Thompson Town Division for the JLP.

One resident who did speak on the record, Dawn Thompson, says only one taxi currently serves the community.

Councillor for the Thompson Town Division, which includes Mount Pleasant, Collin Henry, admits that the roads in the community have been neglected for several years.

The school road referred to is the main road in the community that also connects the communities of Mount Pleasant and Banana Ground to the Garlogie Primary and Infant School.

That school has an enrolment of 150 students.

School principal, Valentine Whyte, says the bad condition of the road has created a dire situation for the students.