Gordon Town residents fear more landslides will bring death

• Author: Akera Davis - STAR Writer
• Published date: 09 November 2020
• Date: 09 November 2020
• Publication title: Jamaica Star, The (Kingston, Jamaica)

They believe if these landslides continue, they will sooner or later result in death.

"Right now if this rain continue, it a go be judgement up here so. We nuh see nothing yet. Me feel worried because all the banking side them a break away and is them have to hold up the place to make it safer. If we lose the banking, houses will be gone and life, too, because people live in there," said Gregory Taylor, who has lived in the community for 45 years.

The roadways are now littered with rocks and trees that have been uprooted from their habitat in the skyline of the mountains. A section of the main roadway in the rural area has been completely eroded since yesterday. Motorists can no longer traverse it, and residents are afraid to use the thin track that remains.

Build some retaining wall

The Gordon Town main road links rural communities such as Irish Town and Mount Charles to the Corporate Area.

"Me feel like the Government needs to build some retaining wall at the more difficult side because people live on the land and they will die. Them might not be paying tax but them is a part of the society and it need them," Taylor told THE STAR.

"First in history me ever see a landslide like this. Right now I'm afraid because...