St. George's residents are outraged by what they view as a Planning Department decision which could place East End road users at risk.

The Royal Gazette received an anonymous letter on Thursday containing two photos taken of construction being done on a blind corner along Mullet Bay Road, the only road which allows access to the town of St. George's.

In the letter, the writer stated that the corner was a "most dangerous" corner. They continued: "To have planning permission granted to allow access from a home down into a blind corner with a steep embankment and water on the opposite side is irresponsible and shows no consideration for the safety of road users.

"Please have someone look at this and get their opinion before the result of this indiscriminate construction is serious enough to cause injury to the public," it finished.

And the mysterious letter writer is not the only East End resident concerned with the construction.

"It's a really busy part of the road," said one St. George's man, who asked not to be named. "It's basically a blind corner."

The man added that he had never personally seen any supervision of traffic during construction, and that waste construction materials such as sand were spilling out into the road.

St. George's resident Julie Harrington also voiced her concern about the construction.

"They have maybe five orange cones there and a trench that's maybe, I don't know, 18 or 20 inches across," she said. "You're not really aware it's there until you're actually on the bend, there's no forewarning.

"If you aren't familiar with the area or if it's dark... you have the potential of clipping those cones and ending up in the trench," she said. "There should be more of an alert."

Ms Harrington also said she hoped road safety on the bend once construction was completed had been considered.

"They're going to have to have those mirrors and things because it's right on the bend," she said. "Coming into St. George's you have no view. There's no ifs, ands or buts, it's right on a blind corner."

The Royal Gazette understands that when the Planning Department is faced with construction on a main road such as Mullet Bay Road it needs to consult the Works and Engineering Highways Division for specific details before approving any application being made.

In this case, as the application was approved, it appears neither the Highways Division nor the Planning Department had any concerns about the construction. The Royal Gazette was unable to contact Planning Department Director Rudolph Hollis on Friday night.