The ‘Shugy Effect’ sees long-requested guard rails installed on bridge at Bolans Village entrance

The Gaston Browne Administration continues to demonstrate its
desperation to win the upcoming St. Mary’s South by-election and is
being accused of using taxpayers’ money to create an advantage at
the polls.

The latest evidence of this was revealed on Wednesday night,
October 5, when work was undertaken on a bridge at the entrance
to Bolans.

United Progressive Party (UPP) candidate Kelvin “Shugy” Simon
reports that the installation of guard rails for which he has been
pleading since his first parliamentary debate has finally begun.

In a Facebook video shot at the Pump House Corner, Simon says that
calls for the construction of these rails actually date back even
further than his appeal – to about five years ago.

He notes that the Gaston Browne Administration had been ignoring
his pleas. But following the passage of Tropical Storm Philippe,
Simon says the guard rails were installed within the space of five
hours, on the eve of the by-election.
 
The UPP candidate says he is happy, indeed, that the rails finally
have been erected. However, he is concerned that this is another of
the Browne Administration’s gimmick to secure votes in the
upcoming polls.

He observes that the Administration continues to do these things at
the eleventh hour – attempting to fool the people into believing the
moves are solely for their benefit.
 
Simon continues to say the constituents of St. Mary’s South deserve
better than the treatment that has been meted out to them over the
past nine years.

He says they deserve the work being done in the constituency; not
only because an election is looming, but consistently during the five-
year tenure of any governing party.
 
In the meantime, Simon is concerned about the stability of the guard
rails, given the speed in which the work was undertaken.