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That canal between Goedverwagting and Sparendam

Jan 14, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
A canal exists between the villages of Goedverwagting and Sparendaam in the lndustry/Plaisance District. That canal stretches – north to south – from the Public road to a little beyond the Railway embankment. It then takes a westerly course parallel to the Railway embankment.
For several years now, the section of the canal between the Public Road and the Railway Embankment has not drained and may be better referred to as a reservoir. The single contributory factor is that the railway embankment cave and the culvert serving the canal became non functional. The caving of the embankment had also resulted in the interruption of the smooth flow of traffic. Authorities responded by simply filling the caved section so that the smooth flow of traffic could resume. There was no attempt to make the culvert functional.
Representation to have this anomaly corrected has been made at the levels of both the Regional authorities and the Neighbourhood Democrat Council.
The Regional Chairman had assured people that he had had a missive dispatched to the Ministry of Public Works (at the time) to have the non functioning culvert fixed since. This development required the intervention of that authority, he had advised.
The result of several engagements with the NDC included assurances that the creation of an alternative channel to drain the canal would happen.
Neither a fixed culvert nor an alternative channel exists to date.
A very major concern that has existed for the more than twelve (12) years is the public health risk to the surrounding communities. Thankfully, it does not appear that things have advanced beyond the public health risk stage. Factors like regular cleaning activities by residents, the NDC or by others (like fishers etc.) who stand to benefit by a clean ‘canal turned reservoir’ may have assisted in mitigating the public health risk.
Gavin Houston

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