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Chris Satney
Monday, November 15, 2004 - Minister for Communications, works, Transport
and Public Utilities Hon. Felix Finisterre said that his Ministry was mindful of
concerns that may be expressed as a result of flood mitigation works, which are
to start soon, in the area of the George the 5th Park.
Works in the Gardens, is part of a strategy used to resolve the issue of
flooding in that part of the city, which in turn affects neighbouring sections.
It will involve the elevation of darling road, the draining of ravines into the
main drain in the park, which itself will undergo major modification and the
construction of a new drain along Jn. Baptist Street.
“As soon as the first bulldozer goes into the gardens, there is going to be a
public outcry that is what’s going to happen. We know that, we expect that and
we will have to be prepared for it, to keep explaining that it was in the
budget, it was explained”, Minister Finisterre said.
The Minister said the works to be undertaken, should add to the enhancement of
the Gardens: “The Caribbean Development Bank was adamant, they were insistent
that they would get a signed no objection from, such as the City Council, the
National Trust, the Archaeological and Historical Society and there has been
concurrence from these interest as to what is being put into the gardens will in
fact lend some form of enhancement to the gardens to what it is right now”.
Four contracts were dished out among three contractors from St. Lucia,
Martinique and China last week, for the commencement of works in December, to
eliminate the incidence of flooding in the area in and around the gardens and in
the West Coast Village of Anse-La-Raye.
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