Urgent intervention is required to rehabilitate the deteriorating sections of the main access road to the Eugene F Correia International Airport at Ogle and the management of the airport is preparing to write Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill for a meeting to discuss the issue.
The construction within the area of the Ogle to Eccles by-pass road and the construction of the Marriott-branded hotel along with the ExxonMobil headquarters has placed tremendous strain on the thoroughfare.
Public Communications Consultant, Kit Nascimento, who represents the Ogle Airport Incorporated yesterday told Stabroek News that operators and passengers have complained bitterly over the condition of the main access road.
He explained that with the airport no longer a domestic port but an international one, it should be kept up to standard at all times.
During a visit to the road by this newspaper it was observed that the left shoulder of the road from the railway embankment heading towards the airport has rapidly deteriorated. Cars and other vehicles were forced to take their time to negotiate the potholes and craters that were created.
According to Nascimento the road began to deteriorate shortly after the construction of the bypass road began a few months ago.
He stated that they have complained to Minister Edghill who informed the contractor to put strict maintenance in place but that has yielded little relief.
Nascimento lamented that traversing the road is an unpleasant experience for incoming and outgoing passengers and tarnishes the image of the airport.
It is the communications consultant belief that the road should be widened and outfitted with revetment to take off the pressure of the heavy trucks traversing daily.
He stated that the airport management has not meet with the Indian Contractor, Ashoka, to highlight their concerns but rather reached out to the minister.
However, he explained that they will be writing to the minister seeking a meeting to highlight their concerns once again in a bid to have the road fixed.
