Member

of Parliament for Clarendon South Western, Lothan Cousins, has says he wants

the Alley Bridge properly fixed it was dismantled after recent rains.

Cousins

said work on the bridge by the National Works Agency (NWA) in past did not

sufficiently address the underlying structural problems, noting that a long

term solution which addresses the concrete abutment was necessary.

He

said unless a comprehensive long-term approach is taken, it is likely they

would experience the same challenges again.

“That

section of the bridge that was washed away, needs to be reinstated in the

manner that it was before,” he said.

The

MP further advocated for the NWA to allocate more resources to the area, noting

there was more wet weather forecast for coming days.

Tropical

Storm Zeta caused significant damage to the island’s infrastructure, washing

away bridges, and destroying many road networks.

Speaking

in Parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness revealed that the

damage from Zeta was in the region of J$2 billion, noting that the figure was

part of a preliminary estimate provided by the NWA which had not yet visited

all affected communities.