RESIDENTS of Oasis Greens in Chaguanas, said they are frustrated that repair works to a collapsed roadway at Caglisto Drive have not been completed, four months after the incident happened. They also complained about other damages their homes have experienced as a result of the repair works not being completed.
The residents expressed their frustrations to the media on Sunday as they appealed to the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), which owns Oasis Greens, to resolve the situation as soon as possible.
Natasha Arcia said she had Housing Minister Pennelope Beckles' phone number and sent her a video of the collapsed roadway when it first happened.
"I want it repaired. Today is four months since the place is exactly like this. It's just frustrating."
Arcia said Beckles had visited the area and indicated that the problem had to be fixed.
Laverne Alexander said, while she was not directly affected by the situation, she found it frustrating as well.
"Persons usually pass through my yard to get to the front because they cannot access the road."
HDC, she continued, had contractors working on the roadway.
"It still has not been rectified. So at this point we are very frustrated. We can't take it any more."
Alexander added that residents were feeling neglected by the HDC.
Leslie Harris said even while the roadway has not been repaired, residents still have to pay their mortgages and bills as usual. "Pipes burst under the houses because of the construction. Even inside of the houses, we are seeing structural damage in terms of cracks in the walls."
Harris described the situation as tiring. "We need the HDC and contractor to come together and bring this to completion."
He said residents were uncertain whether the underground works, including repairs to a sewer line, were completed so that repairs to the road could start.
"This is beyond the point of frustration. The residents should not be subject to this.We would want them to mash the gas on this."
Harris recalled residents were initially told the repairs would take three weeks. He hoped HDC and the contractor would keep residents in the loop and complete the repairs as soon as possible.
Dianne James Mahadeosingh showed a fire hose she was using to drain sewer water out of her house.
[caption id="attachment_928111" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Residents point to a sewage leak behind their apartments on Angseri Avenue, Oasis Greens, Sunday. - Marvin Hamilton[/caption]
"One morning I got up and the downstairs toilet was just overflowing and running sewer water. Mahadeosingh said she had to try and fix the problem herself because no one came to help her.
Anthony James said the roadway was one of two access points to the area. He was concerned about the second access route being damaged while the roadway is still to be repaired.
In a statement on Saturday, the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) said it was not responsible for a collapsed roadway at Oasis Greens in Chaguanas, on Friday.
WASA said a daily newspaper report which cla
