Maracas Beach a crying shame

Are the contractors and architects out of the island and baffled.

Also, are the people who line the beach with lounge chairs an arm of the Tourism Development Company’s drive to increase income? Or are they private entrepreneurs who may be abusing the public domain? No stubs are given when monies are paid for the use of these comforts.

Who is taking advantage? Prime space is being overtaken, for when a family walks with its own chairs and umbrellas, some of these men become aggressive. Aggression is our mentality as usual.

Another issue at the beach is the brownish/blackish water which comes down from, maybe, a village and has a foul smell akin to sewage, and this runs straight into the sea. A real “vai-que-vai” situation and the baffling continues Has the Public Health Department observed this or will it be the Environmental Management Authority’s portfolio or “all two both”.

For the hundreds of people who visit this particular beach on holidays and weekends, what is really the deal, TDC? There appears to be carelessness and no intelligent planning.

Are the people there just “pushing pen and paper”? The parking is quite a mess, but maybe the Licensing Office and the police are quite baffled. So we continue to fall deeper into the abyss and remain forever Third World. This is our Trinidad, get cracking on issues and stop squabbling in Parliament.

With due respect to all concerned, let us get with the programme, which is keeping TT thriving and making future generations proud of what we can hopefully pull together and do for them.

C Leekong via email