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Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - The Special Projects Unit of the Ministry of Works has said that flood mitigation designs for the Anse-La-Raye district have met the expectations of residents. This conclusion was drawn after the Unit held a meeting with residents last Thursday, on the works to commence in the village to bring a solution to the flood problems there.

Government is undertaking the project through financing from the Caribbean Development Bank. Contacts for the works were only recently signed among three contractors from St. Lucia, Martinique and China, and the Special Projects Unit is ensuring that Anse-La-Raye residents and those within the Gardens area, where works are also due to start, are very much involved in the process.

There were many residents, who were giving their ideas as to what they thought would be the most effective design and that confirmed the scheme, which the government came up with.

“There were very few concerns about some localized scenarios, such as near people’s homes, how they are going to be affected, the traffic in the area, etc.”, informed Engineer with the Special Projects Unit of the Ministry Works, Chamberlain Emmanuel.

Mr. Emmanuel however, said the Special Projects Unit would at all times maintain a high level of consultation with the residents, who will be affected by the works due to start in early December: “There will be a series of programmes through the media and other means; to the schools, to the community through those same meetings, and we‘re going to be procuring a specialist PR consultant, through the help of GIS an other means, as well as continuous feedback to them as the works proceed to find out whether there are any problems, and whether things are going smoothly, according to their satisfaction”.

One of the main components is the construction of a bridge spanning twenty meters, near the new police station. The old Bridge be demolished and this will necessitate a bypass to ensure the smooth flow of traffic along that part of the West Coast Road, according to Mr. Emmanuel.
 

 


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