Restore St James archway as a majestic structure

THE EDITOR: I regularly pass by the archway over the Maraval River which begins the city of St James, I have been saddened recently by the neglect and no up-keep of the archway. When the archway was first built, I used to marvel at the sight, and bright and brilliant lights which adorned it. Today (June 03) one of the lights on the structure is working, how and why was this allowed to happen to such a majestic structure? Who is responsible, is it the City Corporation, the St James CIC, the businessmen, the government, TIDCO? Can anyone say? This structure could have been seen from as far away as the Queen’s Park Oval if travelling in an east to west direction, and from Courts Long Circular Road, in a west to east direction. I remembered when the structure was first built, cars used to park at the side of the Western Main Road, and people would come out of their cars and admire the archway. Nowadays cars and pedestrians bypass the structure without even noticing it, what a shame! I am calling on the relevant authorities to please restore this structure to what it was once and for citizens again to feel proud. The question is asked, why do we allow our public buildings, public structures to suffer from such neglect before action can be taken?

KEN SMITH
Woodbrook