Queenstown residents peeved at mud piles from sewerage repairs

Piles of mud in front of a Queenstown residence yesterday.

Residents of Oronoque, Albert and Light streets in Queenstown are weary with the piles of mud outside their homes as a result of sewage line replacement being undertaken by a contractor on behalf of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and which is expected to last a month.

Yesterday one resident said that she is not able to park her car in her garage and also had to purchase a new bumper after she hit a pile of the mud while trying to manoeuvre into a parking space close to her home. “When I asked the contractors why they are not moving the mud that is on the road they told me that they can’t fill in back the mud because they have to wait on the hymac to do so,” the resident said. “If I want to go to the shop I have to walk all the way through my neighbour’s yard,” she added.

Another resident told this newspaper that he sustained an injury to his head while returning from work last Friday. “In an attempt to jump over the