BRIDGE NEEDED

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A 30 year-old bridge is on the verge of collapse along Providence Tobago. A group of concerned residents told TV6 News, they are worried that this could cut off access to their homes and lands. Elizabeth Williams visited the Providence community and has this report.

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00:00Residents of Providence Tobago are calling for this bridge to be fixed in

00:05the shortest possible time. Some residents told the TV6 News they

00:09contacted the Division of Infrastructure for redress. Today they are still waiting.

00:15Terry Lee Grant-Bear told the TV6 News the bridge built several years ago under

00:21the former Hojoy Charles administration has not been repaired since. During a

00:26visit to the bridge we were shown the deterioration in the planks and this

00:31reporter almost fell as one section of the wooden planks gave way. The bridge is

00:38falling apart basically. We submitted petitions, we went to the relevant

00:44authority asking to get the bridge rectified and it seems like nobody's

00:48hearing us so this is our last resort basically. Approximately how many

00:52residents would be affected if something goes wrong with this bridge?

00:57Over 20 persons will be affected. Have you approached the Division of

01:02Infrastructure on this matter? Yes I went to works on many occasions and they

01:08always say they have no material and every time I go like every year or

01:12between twice for the year it's the same thing they keep repeating. You have no

01:16material but they want us to buy the material and they will send someone to

01:20fix it. I say well this is government bridge I say you're supposed to be

01:25responsible for the bridge and also it have a TNT pole that is falling on there

01:30for the past years and they said the fastest way going to fix it if it fall.

01:36Trucks transporting heavy equipment and even those with household appliances no

01:42longer venture across the unstable bridge. In addition the roadway is in a

01:47deplorable condition. As you can see that the bridge is very dilapidated and

01:53unsecure for any sort of heavy vehicle to pass on the bridge basically as it is

01:59right now a car could take a chance and cross the bridge and take a chance and

02:03walk on the bridge but for any sort of heavy equipment to transport material to

02:08do infrastructure upon the land it is very unsafe. Residents are hopeful

02:15relief comes sooner rather than later as several letters have been delivered to

02:20the Division of Infrastructure for several years without success.

02:24Elizabeth Williams TV6 News

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