The situation at St Martin’s, St Philip, is going from bad to worse.
A pharmacy has closed its doors, a hardware store has placed its six workers on two and three-day work weeks, while 31 employees of Trimart Supermarket will know by month-end if they will continue to have jobs.
All this is unfolding after nearly two years of roadworks from Rock Hall to St Martin’s undertaken by contractor Rayside Construction started but have since come to an abrupt halt, leaving the section from Cane Garden to St Martin’s in a mess.
The problems faced ranged from road closures, traffic diversions, excessive dust and large holes along the excavated stretch of road used by residents of Ocean City, Foul Bay, St Martin’s, Green Point, Harlington, Rock Hall, Cane Garden, and Gemswick. It is also an important part of the Sam Lord’s Castle and College Savannah bus routes.
And after warning last year that the company’s patience was running out, Nicholas Mouttet, president and chief executive officer of Trimart’s parent company ANSA McAL Barbados, intimated that unless something dramatic occurred by month-end, it could be lights out for the St Philip supermarket and with it the jobs of 31 employees.
