Work Starts on Laborie Village Main Road

Section near Junction

Last Saturday residents of High Road in Laborie village welcomed the rumblings of tractors, loaders and 16 wheeler buses as the surface of the road was being scraped off to make way for a new asphalted covering. This is part of the Banse/La Haut and Laborie Village Main Road Project.

The stretch of road in question starts from the junction entering Laborie  from Choiseul, to the Laborie Bridge. This is the first phase.

This High Road, over the years, has been a source of concern for both motorists and pedestrians alike………a myriad of pot holes, poor drainage and narrowness in some areas.

Petr's Plumbing Construction at work

One of the main concerns of the engineers has been the reconfiguration of the disrupted pipelines after the grading of the surface. Wasco has contracted the services of Peter’s Plumbing Construction to rectify all broken pipelines.

Later this week sub-base material will be placed on the graded surface and compacted. The whole process leading up to laying of asphalt - sub-basin, basing, and asphalting, may take up to two to three weeks for completion.

A shop owner gleefully thanked those responsible for the works and she hopes that with the upgrade of the road business will catch up. "Vehicles don't pass here anymore, they make all the round to go into the Village. Thank God for Rayneau!" She cried out.

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