Timehri residents protest for new road, accuse authorities of neglect

The latter half of Alliance Road that is not being repaired

Some residents of Reid Avenue, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, an area commonly known as ‘Alliance Road,’ yesterday protested for a new access road, saying that the stretch of roadway along which they live has been neglected for years.

The residents also called on government to provide better drainage in the farming community at the back of Alliance Road, and highlighted the state of the second bridge on the access road, which is almost broken down.

“We are not asking for nothing abnormal. What we are asking for is under the United Nations Convention, the basic—good road. Why we cannot get