Georgetown: City Town Clerk Royston King is calling on citizens of Georgetown to remain vigilant during this time of heavy rainfall, as City Hall continues to monitor conditions on the ground to ensure that there is no prolonged accumulation of water.
During this week, the city, like other parts of the country, was inundated with heavy rainfall. However, the city drainage systems have performed relatively well when compared to recent similar weather events.
On this occasion, the accumulated water in Georgetown, especially in the central business district and contiguous wards, was drained off of within a few hours. Most of the water that accumulated within the city was as a result of rainfall during high tides. Once the tide was down the koker doors were opened to allow the drainage of the water.
At the beginning of this rainy season City Hall spent more than $120 million to clean the drains and canals in order to ensure rapid drainage of the city when the tides are favourable.
The drainage of wards east of the central business district, like North and South Ruimveldt and Cummings Lodge, has not yet seen the same levels of improvement but work is ongoing to bring similar relief to those communities.
The Town Clerk is calling on citizens, businesses and all other stakeholders in Georgetown to support the efforts of City Hall saying, “everyone should be careful to avoid activities like littering and dumping to safeguard the gains made in improving the performance of the city’s drainage system.” King added that “we also need to remind others if we see them doing any of these things, that all of us have a role to play in maintaining the improvements we are experiencing now.”
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