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Chris Satney
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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