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TWO pedestrian walkovers along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway have deteriorated to the point where holes now expose the speeding traffic below, raising alarm among commuters and pedestrians who use the structures daily.

A Newsday team visited the walkovers on November 12 following reports from concerned citizens. The first damaged structure, located near Xtra Foods in San Juan, showed a gaping hole in its concrete floor large enough for one to see the highway beneath.

Just metres away, in the same direction heading toward Port of Spain, another section of another walkover showed similar deterioration, with exposed steel reinforcement rods visible through the broken concrete.