Drain cleaning activities are currently underway in some parishes under the National Works Agency’s (NWA) latest round of island wide disaster mitigation works. The current programme, which is valued at approximately $94 million dollars, follows similar work undertaken in June of this year.
NWA Communication and Customer Services Manager, Stephen Shaw, says works have already begun in the parishes of St. Andrew, St. Elizabeth, St. James and Clarendon, while the locations for all other parishes are being finalized.
Mr. Shaw explains that contracts under the Island wide Disaster Mitigation Programme include the clearing and shaping of main and side drains, de-bushing works as well as the cleaning of catch basins. Contractors engaged under the programme are mandated to cart away any material removed from the channels in the process of cleaning. Activities under the programme is expected to continue over the next few weeks.
The disaster mitigation programme is the second of three routine drain-cleaning activities, which the NWA undertakes during each calendar year.
The Agency will again carry out maintenance works on sections of the island’s drain network towards the backend of the hurricane season, which officially ends in November.
