Residents of rural areas of Itacoatiara suffer from a lack of road infrastructure

Complaint

Residents denounce that works should be done in the Amazon summer

Manaus (AM) — Abandonment, neglect and mud. The lives of residents of the rural areas of Itacoatiara have been summed up in these three words since the city council tried to “make up” some roads in the middle of the Amazon winter. Outraged, people denounced the In time the lack of preparation of the Itacoatiara infrastructure department, which further compromised traffic in the area, transforming the branches into large mudflats.

According to a resident, who did not want to be identified, the work to restructure the roads should be carried out during the Amazonian summer and not in the winter, where rain makes it difficult for asphalt works to progress. The biggest infrastructure difficulties are in the Jacarezinho and Nossa Senhora da Penha communities.

“We had a very strong summer, we didn’t have this structure of the mayor, infrastructure secretary; the councilor does not take the lead to see the real situation that we residents of the community go through, not only in our community, but in others. And so, as it’s time for re-election, what they want to do is do some makeup on the branch with the mechanics, to say that everything is fine, as they say, do the maintenance, but it’s a rainy season, and it was a total disaster”,

reported the resident.

To try to prevent the road from becoming impassable, the complainant contacted the city hall to warn about the work being done during the rainy season.

“I contacted the secretariat to see if they would stop this work, because in a while, our community would become impassable, access is very difficult, not only in our community, but in others as well. A person like that, in his conscience, would not install machinery like that at the beginning or end of winter to build this structure”,

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Who shares the dissatisfaction is another resident of Ramal do Jacarezinho, who, after seeing the situation of the road, invited Mayor Mário Abrahim to travel along the public road.

“It was good of the mayor that I came for a walk here at Ramal do Jacarezinho, just so he could experience the drama of what it’s like to walk here in rainy weather, if he doesn’t want to go in, that’s no problem. All he has to do is appreciate Ramos’s ‘swimming pool’ on the road”,

said the complainant.

Due to the situation of the work, residents are still at risk of suffering traffic accidents when traveling on the roads.

“We had a very bad summer and nothing was done, the situation on the side roads during these rainy periods is very bad and worrying, because anyone who rides a motorcycle is at risk of falling, and the car could get stuck. Our situation becomes bad for us community members, the local neighborhoods are forgotten”,

finished the popular.

The team at In time contacted the Itacoatiara City Hall advisory, but so far, there has been no response. The space is open for manifestation.

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