Cane Garden Bay Sea Defence Project raises alarm
It is believed that the wall project is being paid for by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), and it was engineered by consultants as part of a Sea Defence Project.
A call to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Town and Country Planning Department resulted in both agencies claiming they cannot find approval for the project.
Further, a call to the Public Works Department—to ask if they were supervising the project—was not returned. Acting Director of the Department, Mr G. Navarro Donovan promised to text our newsroom, but up to publication time has not.
Pops- ‘Come ask me the questions’
There are about two contractors on the project and in reaching one, Daniel Cline aka ‘Pops’ confirmed that he is one of the contractors and he had signed a contract with the Ministry of Finance, “to protect the road from when the ground sea comes up.”
Mr Cline confirmed that the PWD is supervising the project and noted all who have questions “tell them to come talk to me.”
Environment?
Residents have started to call our news centre, and other government officials along with relevant departments with questions about the project and the environmental wisdom of it and whether the intention to prevent erosion will be achieved.
A call to Hon Melvin M. Turnbull the second district representative was not immediately returned.
12 Responses to “Cane Garden Bay Sea Defence Project raises alarm”
I wonder how stone n he *** son ain on that one to
On another note, noticed nuff road projects springing up. The MCW says that road work has nothing to do with the election and they were planned for after the rainy season, which runs from June to Nov. Road work can be done during the rainy season by planning work based on the weather forecast from the Antigua Met Office and other sources? Per the MCW, the road work is only temporary fixes, not full depth repair/reconstruction. These skin patches (sealcoat, overlay) surely can be done in the rainy season based on weather projection; both temporary and permanent road work are planned using weather forecast. Why the road work could not have started on day 1 of the 1460 day term? Why is the work occuring on day 1441? Stop playing mind games with us; stop pi..g on us and telling us it is raining. The Road Dog will seek out the road inconsistencies and illogical pronouncements and pi...s on them.
I am appealing to the Governor please look into this matter. We cannot lose the beach through monetary enrichments.
YOUR NOT MADE TO LEAD PLEASE GIVE IT UP