Third District Demands Urgent Infrastructure Fixes
Community advocate Aaron Parillon has warned that poor roads, failing waste systems, derelict vehicles and unreliable water supplies in the Third District are endangering lives and livelihoods. At a public meeting he called for immediate government action and organised community responses, citing health risks from stagnant water and high dengue cases in Sea Cows Bay.
Community campaigner Aaron Parillon has urged urgent repairs and stronger government action after residents of the Third District raised long‑standing concerns about roads, waste management, derelict vehicles and intermittent water supplies. Speaking at a public meeting, Parillon said the district has been treated as a dumping ground for years, with incinerator and landfill operations repeatedly located in the area. "From the inception, this district has always been one that… has been plagued as a dumping site," he said, adding that incinerator problems have produced "very little solutions towards the local community and also the health of our community." Residents also pointed to the growing number of abandoned vehicles along roadside verges.
Parillon criticised the blight and safety risk they create, saying they depress property values and constitute a hazard. "We can’t tolerate it anymore," he declared. One of the meeting’s focal points was the deteriorating roadway at Threlfalls. Parillon described severe erosion and persistent water leaks that have undermined the surface and left a barricade in place that he says does not address the underlying problem.
He told attendees he had reported the situation to several officials without a successful response. "The barricade does not solve the issue. The issue is you are going to wait until somebody dies to come to their funeral," he warned. Parillon said he was told the road may be private, a claim he says should not prevent intervention. "Regardless, if it’s a private road or a public road, it’s people and lives we’re talking about.
Find the resources and get it done," he said. Unreliable water service was another pressing complaint. Parillon said some households have gone weeks without running water; at the meeting he noted, "Today is the 28th. I haven’t had water since the 12th of February." He also linked poor drainage and stagnant water to rising health risks, warning that Sea Cows Bay has been identified as having the second‑largest number of dengue cases in the territory.
Residents raised additional safety concerns including blocked drains, overgrown sidewalks and inadequate street lighting — issues that take on added urgency with hurricane season approaching. While calling for government accountability, Parillon also urged collective local action.
He pledged to take notes from the meeting to the relevant ministers, to organise follow‑up meetings, and to launch a community clean‑up initiative. Residents say they want prompt, concrete responses and resources to address infrastructure failures that affect daily life and public health in the Third District.
Primary source: BVI News