Minister pleads with public to desist from taking up Ministry of Works equipment
Minister of Works Maria Browne is appealing to those persons who continue to steal the cones and other road works equipment to cease.
Browne was speaking on state media when she made the troubling revelation of the growing issue as the road rehabilitation project continues throughout the island.
“We’ve seen some issues insofar as that is concerned because our cones they seem to grow feet and walk away within a few hours after placing them down. Our new signage same has happened there. So, this is just an appeal to the public.
“Please do not pick up our cones and signage. We are trying to work for the people of Antigua and Barbuda, and I think as government assets and as safety notices, please do not interfere with the cones and the signage that are placed on the roads to detour traffic and to alleviate pressure from heavy combustion in traffic. Please just leave the cones and the signage alone,” Browne said.
To circumvent this matter, Minister Browne said that specific equipment will be acquired to make it harder for persons to steal them.
“This time in fact we have purple and pink signs and cones coming in so that if we are to pinpoint them anywhere else, we know they belong to the Ministry of Housing and Works,” she added.
Road work continues daily across community streets and a few major highways across the island.
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