When is “soon”? – Boquete Road Advisory
Tuesday March 9, 2010
Written by the Editor
I wish I had a dime for every time I’ve heard; “It will be repaired soon.”
On one of Boquete’s most scenic roads, this one to the Jaramillo Centro area of Boquete, this is what you will see… and it’s been just like this for quite some time. Would you believe one spot (yes, there are others) has been just as you see it, for about 2 years to the best of my recollection. Yep, that’s right! If anyone knows the exact date, post it in the comment section.
I travel this curvy road frequently, too frequently given the hazardous condition. So do coaster buses and taxi’s filled with school kids.
At the worst landslide, mounds of earth serve as crude warning barricades and are barely visible at night.
Given that hundreds of millions are being dedicated to widening roads in Chiriquí and beefing up the Caldera river banks, I think it’s high time to repair this forgotten road, don’t you?
Spare lives by acting now – divert a few of those millions and some of the heavy equipment that is so feverishly working on the Caldera river.
We don’t need a tragic incident to cast Boquete and Panama into a bad International spotlight, now do we?
President Martinelli and Mayor Ruiz, I call upon you today “Please repair this road!”
In the meantime, be careful out there!
I urge all concerned Boquete residents and tourists to weigh-in with your vote by speaking your piece in the comment section of this post and by taking the following poll:
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