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First phase of Le Repentir clearing nears end

Oct 01, 2011 News

The first phase of the $15M project to enhance the environment of the Le Repentir Cemetery, Georgetown is expected to conclude by October month-end.
At the end of this exercise, it will be handed over to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) for continuous maintenance, says Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn.
The project involves clearing overgrown trees and bushes inside the cemetery and clogged drains around the burial site.
The exercise commenced some six weeks ago and saw the clearing of certain sections along the Mandela Avenue.
Minister Benn emphasised that there are some challenges, including uprooting large tree trunks in the compound and plants that have grown from inside tombs owing to the years of neglect by the M&CC.
The Minister noted that the Works Ministry sees this project as helping the M&CC. He recounted that in 2007 the Ministry had proposed to clear the site but the Council refused and had commenced some works as a result. However, that project ended without the council clearing a significant section of the compound.
Minister Benn made it clear that this project is in no way an effort made by the Ministry to micro manage the operations of the Council. He said that the Council was not making any efforts to clear the compound in any case.
According to Mayor Hamilton Green, under the present circumstances the Council welcomes this initiative and hopes that the money allocated unlike so many Government projects is well spent.
However, he views it as  part of the continuing approach by the Government to behave like an overlord with divine and imperial powers.  Mayor Green emphasised that for a variety of reasons the Council remains cash strapped, unable to broaden its revenue base.
He noted that as the Mayor of Georgetown he was not properly informed of the works but understands that they resulted from instructions given o the Town Clerk by some Government Minister.

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