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Residents of Short Street off Pond Street, La Romaine are pleading with authorities to repair their road which is now a dirt track. They said when it's hot and dry, dust from the road invades their homes, covering everything and posing a health hazard especially children and pets. And when it rains, the road becomes a mass of mud and is virtually impassable to vehicles.

Then too, are the potholes which adds to the residents' stress. Residents in about 24 houses along Short Street are said to be directly affected.

"You could fall when you going to the shop. The children slipping and falling down. Even we the adults, we are tripping and falling too. It's really terrible," cried Hazel-Ann Cox, 45. She has lived in the are for the past 20 years.