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– City Council to intervene, despite giving approval
Flooding due to incessant rainfall was the reason a city businessman decided to invest in a
The ongoing ‘anti-flooding’ project that has gained some attention.
project to raise the shoulders of the alleyway between Cummings Street and Orange Walk, Georgetown. But although the project was regarded as a noble one, even by the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown [M&CC], it is now a subject of concern.
Complaints have reportedly been directed to the municipality regarding the project.
Officials of the Guyana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [GSPCA] have also been among those complaining about the project.
Speaking to this publication yesterday, Treasurer of the Animal Shelter and Clinic, Ms. Dominique Ahmad, said that up to yesterday, “We don’t know what is really being done.”
But according to Ahmad, based on a conversation she had with one of the workers on the site, the work was being done to safeguard the fence of a nearby business place. Ahmad said that she initially approached the worker because she needed to determine whether the works being done would affect the drainage situation in the area.
She was also worried about the fact that the ongoing works required that part of the GSPCA fence be damaged. According to Ahmad, during her enquiry, she was bluntly told that GPSCA should have been aware that the nature of the work would have warranted part of its fence being damaged.
Ahmad said, too, that she was informed that the works were approved by the Georgetown municipality. She is however worried that consideration was not given for the security of the Animal Shelter, since the previously near six-foot fence has been lowered because of the ‘building up’ work being done.
According to the GSPCA Treasurer, although the project could be one that will be beneficial, “we just don’t know, because nobody has told us anything. The person responsible for it has communicated nothing to us.”
Moreover, Ahmad said that the concerns of the GSPCA have been shared with the Georgetown Municipality. She said although she was informed that there were plans for someone from the municipality to visit the site, by early afternoon yesterday this had not happened. Added to this, she observed that no work was done on the project yesterday. Also, when this publication visited the site yesterday, no work was being done.
When contacted yesterday, a representative of Alabama Trading, believed to be its owner, Mr Wooed Phillip, said that the project, which was granted approval from the relevant authority, was merely intended to combat the flooding situation that the area is predisposed to.
Added to this, he said that the investment, which he is happy to be associated with, is one that will essentially help to enhance the environment. In response to concerns from the GSPCA about security, the Alabama Trading representative said that he would be willing to give support to remedy that concern.
Public Relations Officer of the Mayor and City Council, Ms. Debra Lewis, in an invited comment to this publication yesterday, said that indeed the works being done by Alabama Trading was endorsed by the engineers’ department of the municipality.
The project proposed, she said, was to raise the sides of the drains that run through the alleyway between Orange Walk and Cummings Street. But according to Lewis, several persons including those associated with the GSPCA, have since voiced concerns about the project. Officials of the municipality, she said, were scheduled to visit the work site for the purpose of inspection yesterday and moves will be made to address the concerns.
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