Wharf

Work is under way to widen the wharf. At the moment, they are quarrying rock at one side of the island, and transporting it in heavy trucks to the wharf, where it is dumped into the sea at the wharf's edge. All day long we have these ‘rock bearing’ trucks passing up and down our road – either going to the wharf to dump their load, or going back to the quarry to fetch a new one. This has created a new problem. The roads were never meant to carry such heavy trucks, and they are churning up the tar, and causing potholes and general road damage.

The past 2 Sundays Ladder Hill road was closed from 8.00am until 5pm while repairs were carried out. This meant that the folk from the ‘country’ had to make quite a detour to attend the combined service in Jamestown at 2.30 pm. We were encouraged when most of them came anyway.