Earl’s Court, LBI residents complain about heavy duty machine workshop

May 24, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
I would like to highlight a situation that is currently ongoing within the community of Earl’s Court, La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara, and is severely affecting residents of the community.
Here is an outline of the current situation:
1. A businessman has converted the parapet and the reserve area of Earl’s Court into a heavy-duty equipment repair workshop. There are several excavators, low-bed trailers, road rollers, front-end loaders, 40-foot containers being parked, repaired and operated on the reserve.
Even a mobile house has now been placed there. On May 06, 2021, there was the clearing of new areas of the reserve, which can only facilitate the expansion of his operations. The community is zoned as a residential area, so how can this commercial activity be allowed to happen?
2. This situation presents risks to human and environmental health. Waste is burned on the site; there is improper disposal hazardous material such as oils, lubricants and fuel which are associated with the operation; build up of solid waste (especially those which cannot be burned) and due to the pile up of machinery, drivers cannot see on-coming traffic. The welding, power washing, constant hammering, and driving of the equipment greatly impacts residents. Vibration that result from the operation of heavy-duty machinery has been so severe that it causes people’s homes to vibrate.
3. With the extensive clearing of the vegetation on the reserve that has occurred, the risk of erosion and flooding during the up-coming rainy season becomes high. Additionally, there is a risk that the reserve can collapse into the main drainage canal due to the weight of machinery that is stored/operated/repaired.
This behaviour by the businessman has been ongoing since early 2020; in fact, your newspaper published the story in the January 7, 2020 edition. (https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2020/01/07/ndc-to-correct-work-and-hand-bill-to-lbi-resident/).
The residents would like this operation to be stopped and are calling on the relevant authorities to take action. There are many areas along the East Coast Demerara that are designated as commercial zones which the operator can access and use.
Kind Regards,
Concerned Residents of Earl’s Court

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