00:00Without identifying specific communities, Minister of Works and Infrastructure Jolene John says there are some areas with thousands of potholes.
00:10She says no community is immune to poor road conditions. And despite the cost, beginning January, her ministry will target these pothole-riddled zones.
00:21And we have the data. So in some communities, you have 2,000 potholes, right? We know.
00:25So if you have 2,000 potholes, we're coming in to patch you 2,000 potholes. And that is what is going to happen. Coming from about the middle of January, right?
00:32We are moving in. And I ain't saying pick a pothole.
00:38I'm coming in today. Wherever the community is, we are coming in. And you have 2,100 potholes. We are here from so-to-so. We come to fix all of that.
00:47On Wednesday, she responded to concerns that government has moved to increase fines for certain traffic violations while the nation's roadways remain deplorable.
00:58What comes first, the chicken or the egg, right? I know we people drive dangerously. Some people, not everybody. I want to argue that the majority of the population are very law-abiding citizens.
01:14And the few that tend to lean towards recklessness. We can't allow them to spoil the place to everybody else because I think we all will agree that we could do better, all right? And we're better than this.
01:26And basically what you need, you need leadership. And you can't vote for change and expect exchange.
01:33We are saying obey the laws and then really and truly, I don't think you have to fear anything.
01:39She says there must be order because without accountability, things will continue the way it is.
01:46Minister John commented on the death of an eight-year-old Aruka boy who died when a man lost control of the truck he was driving and drove into a yard in which the child was playing.
01:57We don't want anybody to die. And when a child dies, it's really heartbreaking, right?
02:01So again, one doesn't know the conditions under which the accident occurred, but we have to be mindful of how we drive.
02:10There's a level of lawlessness. And when you, habits, Mr. Robinson reminded us, I remember in 2001, habits go in slow degrees, streams into rivers, into seas.
02:23So if there is no accountability at any level, then we get what we get.
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