Calls have been made for a concrete bridge to replace the wooden crossing at Speightland, which has been rehabilitated repeatedly.
Linden Mayor Dominique Blair, who visited the bridge, said it is critical to the community and raised concerns about public safety.

"This bridge... It's just about, I guess about the third time this bridge has been done within the last, what, three to four years," he said.
Blair said a concrete bridge would be more durable and better suited to the community's growth and future expansion.

"They should have moved for a more, I think, concrete structure type of bridge so it would last and so we don't have to come back and keep doing repairs and repairs," he said.
He added that residents have complained about the contractor's slow progress on the ongoing works. Blair recalled visiting the bridge last year with a Member of Parliament, when residents raised concerns about its condition.

The wooden bridge has served for many years, he said, but modern alternatives such as steel should now be explored.

Linden Mayor Dominique Blair