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Golden Spring's terrible roads

The people of Golden Spring in St Andrew West Rural have revealed that their countless complaints to have roads in the community fixed have not been acted upon in several years. Now, they fear that with heavy rainfall having caused severe damage to main roads in the Corporate Area, their roads may never be fixed.

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