Comments on: ‘Addressing The Dreadful State Of Our Roads’ https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Sun, 31 May 2026 22:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 By: Bbermudiana https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932740 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:20:51 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932740 Bunch of greedy, egotistical maniacs is what they PLP govt are.. All about their own pockets.. can’t the people see that??

]]> By: Bbermudiana https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932738 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:17:27 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932738 ????????????????????????❤️❤️❤️????????????????????????????Hilarious but true.. They all have sadly

]]> By: BBermudiana https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932737 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:16:13 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932737 You are so right because the OBA new candidate outright said they would like to “halt mass emigration” .. That could only mean 2 things.. To stop Bdians leaving or to stop foreigners from coming.. Either way that spells disaster for Bdians and for Bermuda!!

]]> By: question https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932590 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 16:44:12 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932590 The only reason Burch hasn’t been fired is because nobody in the PLP has the remotest interest in fixing the roads.

]]> By: Stewie https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932565 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:44:42 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932565 That ashphalt plant still sits down there next to TCD examination site.It was a piece of s*** when Aecon got it new from a spanish company.

]]> By: Gerald https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932546 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:48:18 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932546 Ya right…. i still need to pay and fix my car!! Nothing but sweet talk

]]> By: What https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932257 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:13:20 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932257 This is to distract from the budget reply. Read it and know the truth

]]> By: Pa https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932245 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 19:09:42 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932245 Why do we the general public and the opposition find our selves going to battle with the Government , over if it is not one thing its is many others.
Dont kid you self we have the same thing goin on every day with our homes.

I know the answer but that is another story for another day.

Procrastination leads to disaster as too many major projects have been neglected or need or beyond repair

Sad to say every other thing is broken .

Last week it was replacing old worn out with new busses from China of all places.

In the past it was the Hospital next came Airport with last week Tines Bay needing an up grade an many year ago not yesterday are poorly laid road starting falling apart. back then two east end bridges are on the shoping list.
Very scary ! I wonder what will be next ?
All that leaves the Minister of Works and Engeering saying Sorry ! to the people of Bermuda and the Parliament who represents us.
Col Burch , Sir I feel so very very sorry for you, knowing ,that sorry does not cut it ! it saddens me for you to have to go hat in hand on bended knee on behalf of every thing that W & E have not done or is it can not do through the lack of funds the face the nation ?
I and many others would no want your job for all the tea in China .
Bermuda has to cut its breard in very very thin slices ,we are not a country of 65,000 people carring the debt
more like 25 ,000 working class people who the feels the brunt.
its the straw thar beaks the camels back.
In coparison many people buy a big cars an cannot afford to put gas in them.
Have the Government been caught in the same web ?
This island has a monumental task ahead of it , one more Hurricane and we crash, and may we ask where is all the money coming from, have we bitten off more that we can chew ?
We are a population of a small town with the demands of a big city so sorry ! i mean a big country.
I am thinking we need to revise the budget or better before it is too late .

]]> By: OMG https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932242 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 18:41:22 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932242 Get rid of Burch, he’s past his sell-by date.

]]> By: Fred Jones https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932219 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 16:26:17 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932219 Aecon imported an asphalt plant as part of the new terminal building. Despite it being offered for sale, it was exported some time after completion. Govt had an opportunity to buy a new plant at a good price but failed to exercise that option.

]]> By: JohnBoy https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932205 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 15:19:53 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932205 Asphalt

]]> By: Joe Bloggs https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932203 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 15:10:48 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932203 “the Ministry continues to grapple with the excessive amounts of potholes attributed to weather and lack of investment in years past”

Weather always happens, but it is refreshing to hear a Minister of the PLP government acknowledge the “lack of investment in years past”

]]> By: What https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932196 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:49:33 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932196 Agree, the quality of materials used dropped dramatically. Do a proper resurfacing job , with longer lasting materials and it will save the county money in the long term. PLP reduced the number of miles resurfaced in each of their years in power and has been Zero for t,he last couple of years. Stop spending money on Bermudiana beach resort, pointless trips abroad, failed business projects, and things that the ministers directly benefit from. Where are the casinos, where is the fintech, vertical farming was a joke. If the British system of law wasn’t here with appeals to the UK highest court, then international business would leave. They require that framework, yet Burt tried to stoke independence by using smoke and mirrors re Cannibis and Same sex marriage to build up momentum. SSM he thought was going to be upheld, so lost that propaganda angle. The cannibis legistlation was intentionally designed to fail.

The roads are disgusting and so is this current version of the PLP. The founders are turning in their graves.

]]> By: Cell Franklin https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932177 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:45:21 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932177 A pile of ashphalt from the head ashphalt

]]> By: Triangle Drifter https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932165 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:11:05 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932165 “We are fully committed to addressing the dreadful state of our roads as quickly as possible,”

Translation: We have a committee. We are talking about it. We have no idea when the job will be completed.

]]> By: What https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932142 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 11:48:15 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932142 The roads are just a physical representation of what 20 years of PLP have done to the island. Everything is in this state, the future is bleak under the PLP. People will be forced to work more years, not get a pension. Prices will sky rocket and the working Bermudian will be forced to leave to try and live in Britain or Caribbean country never to come back to their home. Better move to Britain fast before country made independent.

In March 2022, we were promised road resurfacing to start around April 2023 and it would take 2 years. Am sick of the PLP lies. If I worked in the department t that did the road resurfacing I would be banging down Burt’s door demanding that I could do my job.

]]> By: Ringmaster https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5932093 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:15:30 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5932093 What he leaves out are the massive differences in the quality of road surfaces. Large tracts were clearly laid properly with decent asphalt and have no issues despite the rains. The potholes and loose surfaces are largely where poor asphalt was laid in the recent past or just skimmed over the existing surface. Shoddy and cheap workmanship. You can also spot where patches are put down over the Government water main trenches, again shoddy workmanship.

]]> By: Hilarious! https://bernews.com/2024/02/addressing-the-dreadful-state-of-our-roads/#comment-5931977 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 02:31:35 +0000 https://bernews.com/?p=1373765#comment-5931977 Does the Honorable Minister know what people say about excuses?
Why were the storm drains and ditches not cleared to quickly remove the rainwater and reduce road flooding?
Where is the plan to upgrade the roads for electric vehicles? The 70 heavy electric buses are not helping the roads.
Where is the money going to come from to upgrade the roads to handle the extra weight of electric vehicles?
Where is the money going to come from to replace wooden guardrails with steel guardrails?

Using 140 miles of paved public roads, estimating 50% of main/major roads is 70 miles. Using $750,000 to $1,000,000 per mile today comes out as $52.5 to $70 MILLION! With inflation, when electric vehicles are mandated your children, grandchildren, and your grandchildren’s children will be sending their paychecks directly to Government.

At what point in time will the Government decide to install steel guardrails? We already know that wooden guardrails cannot handle a gas-powered car. Why would even a government bureaucrat expect wood to stop a heavier EV? Add say another $4 TO $5 million for steel guardrails. EV batteries and salt water do not mix well so let’s get those steel guardrails in place as soon as possible.

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