Residents of Woodsville, in Hanover, who have been operating with a makeshift bridge they created following the collapse of the 100-year-old Woodsville bridge four years ago, are making yet another plea to the authorities to replace the bridge immediately. They say  the one they created from logs and trees has become structurally unsafe, following recent rains.

The fallen Woodsville bridge, which was condemned by the authorities prior to its collapse, spans a section of the Cabarita River and is the main access road for residents in districts such as Woodsville, Cascade, Flower Hill and Hillsbrook. It is also widely used for commerce between those communities and Lucea, in Hanover; Savanna-la-mar, in Westmoreland, and Montego Bay in St James.

“We had to organise a workday recently to help ourselves,” said Sashagay Frazer, the president of the Woodsville, Community Development Committee (CDC), in reference to the emergency work done following the recent rains.