MP meets St George people

Major roadworks, new housing developments, a playing field and a new pavilion are among the things that representative for St George South Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo will be boasting of today.Yesterday, duringa walk-through of the Greens and Ellerton community to welcome residents to today’s Constituency Conference at St George Secondary School, Byer-Suckoo told the media she was pleased with the transformationin the community.Joined by other members of the Democratic Labour Party, including St James Central MP George Hutson, Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy, Undene Whittaker and parliamentary in the PM’s Office Senator Harry Husbands, Byer-Suckoo greeted eager residents who gave assurances they would attend the conference. The minister, speaking of the new 51-house development in Greens, revealed that they had also recently acquired land at Brighton for the $5a square foot programme, as well as land at Todds,which would offermore improvement in the number of housing solutions.Byer-Suckoo, who expressed her gratitude to the Ministry of Transport and Works for the work that had been undertaken at the Boarded Hall junction, along Constant Road and at Possums Bridge, said there was still some work to be done on the minor roads throughout rural St George.The MP said while she was pleased that the Constituency Councils got off to a good start, her main concern was thatshe wanted to see more positive mindsets within the community, instead of the laid-back approach.“I want to see people start to make things work; and we have been seeing it, we have been seeing some groups formed;we have been seeing people taking the initiative to get things done; the Constituency Councils have been dealing with that and we are staring to get that energy, to see them improving themselves, the household, and their communitiesShe said the Constituency Council had already responded to eight house fires and as such had taken the initiative to get representatives of insurance, police and fire officials, to educate residents on how to take precautions against fires.This evening’s conference will see Dr David Estwick, Minister of Economic Affairs, Empowerment, Innovation, Trade, Industry and Commerce addressing constituents, as will acting Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs. (CT)