Is the Diego Martin Highway a dumping ground?

THE EDITOR: I believe it was impresario Aubrey Adams who spearheaded the "Make The West The Best" initiative many years ago, whereby citizens of what is now the Borough of Diego Martin made every effort to keep their surroundings clean and tidy and worthy of emulation.

The Diego Martin Highway was maintained to the point where overgrown bush was not seen and the indiscriminate disposal of waste was not encouraged.

However, in recent times truck drivers have been dumping loads of soil off the highway on the left going north, between Sierra Leone Road and the Wendy Fitzwilliam Diamond Boulevard, without the intervention of the authorities.

Mounds and mounds of dirt and other garbage now rest on the space between the highway and the Diego Martin River with no intervention by the Diego Martin authorities who cannot claim to be unaware of the situation, just as they cannot claim to be unaware of the water running on the highway resulting from a leak somewhere.

Just before 1 pm on Thursday, a truck was seen off-loading a trayful of dirt in that area in full view of passing motorists; yet, the authorities have not moved to curb it.

"Make the West the Best" is now, "Bring your garbage and dump it in the West in order to make it worse".

CLYDE ALPHONSO

Diego Martin