Ya know, it never seizes to amaze me how the Government cannot complete jobs within a reasonable time frame. I am at a loss as to where to begin, there’s just so much but let me try.
Being retired, we go up to Maracas during the week, ya know that nice little new parking lot by the Maracas Beach Hotel? The one with two locked gates that has a beat up car inside the lot by the guardhouse, man in the hut but the gates are locked! NEVER OPEN. So we park in front of two stinking blue garbage bins with flies.
We notice the new playground for children, the lock has been broken on the gate and children are playing inside, unsupervised.
Walking over the bridge with our chairs and coolers, we are accosted by men trying to rent us chairs...can you tell me why they have their chairs/umbrellas and tents stacked up at the front of the beach where people could be enjoying the sand and shade?
We have seen one bathroom being built for at least five months, does it really take that long? We have nowhere clean to go! Why are all the old huts still there while the new ones stay shut?
Who manages the lifeguards? There were a lot of people there on Friday. I saw one guard hut being manned—outside the shark/bake huts...with 3-4 guards liming.
A busload of people arrived, they rented a tent and chairs close to the unmanned guard hut, relatively quiet until we noticed two football nets and large teams congregating to play football on the beach. I thought ball games were not allowed on the beach. An SUV had driven up by the lifeguard booth—where were the lifeguards? This would never happen on Store Bay, Tobago! Someone in charge please get this place sorted out! Shame on you all for letting this go on so long.
DEBORAH CROOKS, Maraval
