The Minister of Public Works wants citizens to understand that they may have to be temporarily inconvenienced in order to benefit from the ministry’s ongoing clean-up programme.
In a release yesterday, the Ministry of Public Works notified the general public that its Urban Roads and Drainage Programme is still ongoing in communities in the city. This is to ensure clean and environmentally friendly spaces, and most importantly, flood mitigation. It informed that some of the works being executed are: the rehabilitation of roads, clearing and desilting of drains, as well as clearing of debris and encumbrances on the parapets.
According to the release, the ministry has taken note of residents of one community “fuming over lack of consultation on community works,” as reported in the Sunday Stabroek. As such it wished to make clear that it is never the intention of the ministry to not engage with residents.