Q95 News has learnt that since the collapse of the Macoucherie bridge during Tropical Storm Erika in August 2015, vehicular traffic has been going through the Macoucherie estate utilizing the almost 100-year-old bridge and a bailey bridge.
in early 2017 The bailey bridge collapsed and a bypass was built to assist with the flow of traffic. The ground-breaking ceremony was held just before Hurricane Maria for construction of the new Macoucherie bridge to be built by a Chinese firm. The bridge is still under construction some two years later. Every time it rains heavily, vehicles are not able to pass on the bypass and the 100-year-old bridge helps to ease up traffic. Today was no exception and Mr. Clifton ‘Dense’ Shillingford used this to his advantage and blocked the old bridge with his tractor, seriously disrupting traffic going north and south of the Macoucherie River on the west coast. Dense Shillingford, the CEO of the Macoucherie Estate Limited is staging a one-man protest which began this morning, at the Macoucherie River bypass, because he claims 8 months of rent that is owed to him by the government, have not been paid. The Minister for Public Works, Collin McIntyre, via a phone call, promised to meet Shillingford’s demand for payment for the 8 months owed to him. Shillingford warned that if he was not compensated promptly and adequately, he would block the bridge again until the government fulfils its promise of payment. Since then the Bridge has been unblocked and the administration appears to have reached an agreement with Mr Shillingford
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