The Tribune

BY DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREE National Movement candidate for Marco City, Michael Pintard has taken up the charge to have long standing issues addressed in areas that are still without city water and paved roads in the Marco City constituency.  

Mr Pintard, former FNM chairman, met with residents of the Grasmere and Yeoman Woods Subdivisions at a town meeting last week at Unity in Christ Assembly Church.

He told them that their concerns are important, and invited an official of the GB Utility Company to hear their concerns and provide them with answers and news they have been waiting to hear.   

The absence of city water and paved roads in some of those areas have been a long standing problem for the past decade.   Mr Pintard informed residents of the progress that is being made to resolve the two vexing problems.

“For more than ten years, residents of Yeoman Woods and Grasmere had petitioned various authorities to assist them with paving their streets and connecting to city water.  Aside from the installation of water mains in a small area of Grasmere, very little else was done,” said Mr Pintard.  

“This is about to change. The residents have been briefed on progress so far to remedy the two vexing and stubborn problems,” he added.

Mr Pintard said that the GB Utility Company general manager assured residents of its participation to bring the relief so desperately sought by residents.

Stressing the potential dangers of not having access to city water, the official of GB Utility said that work in some areas could commence in short order.

The FNM candidate is pleased that tangible steps are being taken towards the road paving and installation of city water.

“I expect that bringing the relief residents need…will be achieved,” he said.

There was a commitment to signing on to City Water once the lines were installed and playing a more meaningful role in assisting in securing paved roads.

The residents were grateful to Mr Pintard for assisting in bringing relief after 10 years.

Mr Pintard has also assisted other residents of Marco City with home repairs by donating building materials and supplies to those affected by Hurricane Matthew.

 He was among the first persons to reach out and assist constituents in Marco City. He said that he helped everyone regardless of their political persuasion. 

Mr Pintard, who was ratified in January 2017, said he intends to run his campaign differently from the norm of petty politics and mudslinging. 

He said his will is about empowering all who reside in Marco City.

“My party selected me as the candidate for the area in the upcoming general elections, and I intend to continue to reach out to every single voter. My plan is to revitalise the area and, accordingly, all of those in the constituency,” he said.