AYV News, October 31, 2024
Residents of Leicester Road Community and Mountain Area of Freetown have appealed to President Dr. Julius Maada Bio, the Sierra Leone Road Authority and the Sierra Leone Road Maintenance Fund to complete the road they started from Berry Street to Skyy Junction, which they described as ‘Terrible Road Network’.
Tawa 4 Leicester Road Community Development, an advocacy group, said the terrible road network has devastated the entire community in terms of economic viability and social transformation, especially during the rains.
They said they have reported the sad development to that SLRA but nothing seem to have happened.
The residents alleged that past politicians who have represented the community in various capacities have not been considering the economic viability or value of constructing standard roads which might increase economic opportunities.
They said even their economic activities at the community are been slow down due to the bad road network and that the condition of living at the moment is heartrending.
“We were being exploited or demoralised hugely on a daily basis by commercial bike riders, delivery vans and taxi drivers with impunity in disguised that the road was terrible,” the residents affirmed.
They pointed out that the terrible road network has devastate, ruined, disturbed, affected and distressed school going pupils, university students, business women, workers including both disabled persons and the aged.
