Norton St residents threaten to resume protest over sloppy repairs

Part of the series of potholes that was filled by the Transport Ministry.

Norton Street, Lodge residents say that emergency repair works to their street, carried out by the Public Works Ministry on Tuesday, were not done properly, and they are threatening to resume protesting until the authorities act.

The protest, sparked by the death of Norton Street resident Orin Sobers, who was hit by a minibus that had swerved to avoid a pothole, saw residents block the street and set fire to garbage to force repair works.

The Ministry subsequently dispatched workmen and machinery to the area to fill the potholes but when