Ministry of Works Begins Repairs to Union Road Amid Concerns Over Heavy Equipment Use
The Ministry of Works has moved swiftly to carry out repairs to Union Road in Hatton following reports of damage linked to the use of heavy-duty equipment.
The intervention is being welcomed by residents who depend on the roadway for daily travel, as the repairs are expected to restore safer conditions for both motorists and pedestrians.
However, growing concern remains over the continued use of Federation Road by heavy machinery. Residents and stakeholders warn that sustained heavy-duty traffic on residential roads places excessive strain on infrastructure, accelerates surface deterioration, and raises serious health and safety risks for nearby communities.
There are renewed calls for heavy equipment to be rerouted along the Perry Bay Main Road, which is considered more structurally suitable for such traffic. Advocates say using that route would help preserve residential roads while allowing for safer and more efficient movement of heavy machinery.
Commenting on the issue, ABLP Caretaker for St. John’s Rural West, Senator Michael Joseph, cautioned against the ongoing use of community roads for industrial traffic.
“The sustained use of community roads by heavy-duty vehicles is not sustainable and puts residents at unnecessary risk,” Joseph said. “Using more structurally appropriate routes like the Perry Bay Main Road is critical to preventing repeated damage and ensuring public safety.”
Residents are now urging authorities to implement clearer traffic controls to protect residential infrastructure and prevent future damage.
Listen to the residents this time. Perry Bay Road make more sense for heavy machinery
Please Minister of works help us at Oliver’s we are driving in mud and cannot get out of the drive way.
Please
Glad something finally done on Union Road, because that road was mash up bad. But why wait till damage done before action taken?
Hope this not just a quick fix and then back to business as usual. We need proper traffic control now
Every time them machines pass, the ground shaking. That can’t be good for nobody house.
Move the heavy duty traffic to Perry Bay Main Road where it supposed to be. Stop destroying community roads
Yes, the road needs fixing, but watching heavy equipment tear it up again feels like déjà vu
Residential roads not built for that kind of weight. We can’t keep patching and re-patching same roads.
Residential roads not built for that kind of weight. We can’t keep patching and re-patching same roads.
Residential roads not built for that kind of weight. We can’t keep patching and re-patching same roads.
Federation Road can’t take them big machines every day. Is people house and children right there.