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The member of parliament for North West Clarendon, the JLP’s Phillip Henriques, is denying claims he has neglected the roads in the Mount Pleasant community in his constituency.
Mr. Henriques told our news centre that the roads were deplorable long before he took over as MP in September, 2020.
Shaloy Smikle tells us more.
Phillip Henriques says he’s been working to address the road conditions in Mount Pleasant since he assumed the chairmanship of the North West Clarendon constituency.
He says his work so far has been hampered by a lack of funds.
He says the main roads that connect the communities of Mount Pleasant and Banana Ground to the Garlogie Primary and Infant School will be addressed under the government’s much touted SPARK programme.
SPARK stands for Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network.
Under the $40 billion SPARK programme, MPs, through the Constituency Development Fund should organize community consultations to determine which roads will be repaired.
Based on Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ guidelines the consultations were to be completed by the end of March.
However, North West Clarendon has yet to have a meeting with the CDF despite being one of the first to submit their community consultancy dates.
Meanwhile, MP Henriques is dismissing claims that he’s been missing in action in his constituency, especially in the Mount Pleasant community.
He says he has brought several welfare assistance projects to his constituents.
He says over 7-hundred households have received school assistance in 2023.
Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of the constituency organisation in North West Clarendon, Conroy Brown, says patching alone won’t help, given the extent of the damage to the road network in the constituency.
He believes the MP needs more funds to adequately address the situation concerning the roads.
Conroy Brown, Vice Chairman of the constituency organisation in North West Clarendon.
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