LA PRENSA / TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002
OMAR RODRIGUEZ
SPECIAL FOR LA PRENSA
PENONOMÉ, Coclé. –90% of the roads in Pajonal County, in Penonomé district, are in bad condition, denounced councilman Marcos Mariscal.
Pajonal County, with over 12,000 inhabitants in 138 square kilometers, is the second in population, after Penonomé city, which has 15,205 inhabitants.
It is a very productive land where they grow yucca, yam and oranges, fruit that has made the county that annually celebrates a fair in its honor renowned.
Unfortunately, governments have not cared for the road network which has been deteriorating slowly until all roads have been practically lost.
Artisans who shape soapstone as well as producers have difficulties when it comes to taking their products to Penonomé’s market.
Nevertheless, shippers who cover the different internal routes are the ones who suffer the most due to the roads’ poor conditions. They watch how their vehicles deteriorate due to the many potholes.
The problem forced all affected sectors to make common cause to try to find a solution.
For this reason they decided to send a letter to the President of the Republic, Mireya Moscoso, asking her to intervene to resolve the situation of the poor street conditions.
Moscoso instructed that the Government of Coclé address the problem.
Last week saw the first meeting between Governor Richard Fifer-Carles, the councilman from Pajonal and other members of the township that are also affected by the situation.
During the weekend the transfer of machinery from the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) to the road to Membrillo, one of the most damaged, was ordered.
That is barely one of the answers expected by Pajonal residents, who also call for the asphalt road linking Penonomé with the district’s northern zone, which is getting full of potholes, to be repaired.
Similarly, it is hoped that the pathways that lead to Sofre, Rincón de las Palmas, Mosquitero, Montegrande, La Negrita, El Cocal, El Águila, Mañanitas, Turega and Potrero be repaired. If there is no positive response, they are willing to take some measures of force such as closing streets.
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