La Brea MP Clyde El­der has con­demned the theft of elec­tri­cal ca­bles from the Pt D’or Recre­ation Ground, de­scrib­ing it as a blow to com­mu­ni­ty de­vel­op­ment.

The ca­bles were dis­cov­ered miss­ing yes­ter­day. T&TEC was in­formed by a con­trac­tor that six pieces of ca­ble, each 30 feet long and val­ued at $3,500, had been placed un­der­ground on Tues­day be­fore work­ers fin­ished at 3.45 pm. The site is in an open area with un­re­strict­ed pub­lic ac­cess. When the con­trac­tor re­turned at 7 am, the ca­bles were gone.

In a Face­book post, El­der said he had com­mit­ted to re­fur­bish­ing the light­ing at the recre­ation ground be­fore or im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter Car­ni­val.