Although complaints on the subject have been endlessly voiced, I am compelled to bring up, once again, the heart-wrenching state the road infrastructure is in.

Potholes, the size of large rodents and deep enough to submerge one, are spread generously across both islands like swollen lymph nodes on the skin of the plagued.

Apart from the fact of forcing drivers to slalom endlessly like lunatics in a fit – not to mention the danger of that alone – the roads seem to breathe life, with fresh ones appearing at their own will like zits on the face of a hormonal catastrophe.

Case in point, get out of your abode, walk for mere blocks and marvel at the wonder our roads have become.

At the backdrop of this depressing state, the bureaucratic and unpractical process of delegation between the local authorities and contractors, characterised with the laid-back approach of the latter, manifests in an infinite loop of delays, poor maintenance and an unorthodox state of laissez-faire.

To counter this I propose that more infrastructural projects are leased on a contract basis which binds the contractor to maintain the project post-completion for a longer period of time with diminishing compensation if damage arises.

Furthermore, a points system can be set in place ruled over by a third party regulatory board (similar to the car licence system) constituting penalties, not just monetary fines, which would weigh in on the contractors’ overall aggregate points through a deduction system fit to the particular project the company is managing.

This would put a realistic strain on the contractors’ overall project portfolio which would regulate their activities over time. It is only fitting to set such parameters to assure quality and a longer project life span in what seems to be a cycle of tax money extortion over inefficient solutions doomed to repeat itself in perpetuity.