THE Mayor and City Council’s massive drainage works in several wards of the City have resulted in parapets and verges presently being cleaned and manicured, street drains in Carmichael and Main Streets being desilted, and drains in the Ruimveldt area and in Kingston and Agricola presently being cleaned and desilted.The Council has said it would embark on a massive maintenance programme to ensure sustainability of work done. “In the past, much emphasis was not placed on maintenance of critical drainage works.However, at this juncture, Council cannot afford to ignore the importance of proper maintenance,” Town Clerk Royston King has said.

He noted that the administration would ensure that a system is employed to ensure works done are not on a one-off basis.
“The Council is imploring residents in these and other communities not to dispose of refuse in alleyways, canals, and drains that have been cleaned. It is important that citizens work with the Georgetown municipality to ensure the integrity of the drainage system,” King said, adding:

“It is anticipated that similar works would be conducted across the city of Georgetown.”