The three National Assembly members of Banjul have stressed the need for urgent and pragmatic attention to fast track the projects towards addressing the current problems that  engulfed the country's capital city.

The city, they indicated, is struggling with numerous problems that in their views need to be solved with urgency. The NAMs were speaking during the adjournment debate of the National Assembly in its third meeting in the 2009 legislative session. Commenting on these problems, the member for Banjul South, Honourable Baboucarr S Nyang, said among the city's problems include the dilapidated condition of some of the streets caused by overloaded trucks plying them. "They have been given a car park in Abuko and are allowed to come to Banjul only to upload or offload goods, but they fail to observe this regulation. This is what is compounding the problems in Banjul," he said. He stressed the need for something to be done about the situation.

For Honourable Abdoulie Saine, the National Assembly member for Banjul Central, the efforts of the Banjul City Council need to be complemented by the National Road Authority in the area of road maintenance and rehabilitation. As far as this member is concern, the country's road authority is doing less in Banjul, and went on to appeal to them to  do something about it. "The NRA is not doing much in the city. The state of some of the streets in Banjul is terrible.We therefore urge the ministry concern to look into the matter," he appealed. Honourable Saine  then recognised the efforts of the mayor of the city in trying to improve the conditions.

He also expressed concern over the invasion of the city's streets by heavy trucks, which he said, should come to Banjul to load goods instead of parking. Even if they are to park in the city, he suggested, they need to do that around the Banjul cemetery. Parking in the heart of the capital city, he said, will only create more problems - congestion among others. Also contributing to the debate, the member for Banjul North, Honourable Alhaji Sillah recalled telling the Assembly two years ago that if the drainage system of Banjul is not addressed, the city will start losing some properties.

NAM Sillah stressed the need for the city's drainage and water pumping systems in control of the in and out flow of water to the sea to be rebuilt. He hailed the president for his effort in involving experts to study the drainage system of Banjul holistically. "In this era of climate change and global warming, anything is possible as no one can predict what is going to happen with the weather tomorrow," he said. He finally urged other stakeholders to urgently intervene in the rehabilitation process.