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Sep 15, 2012 News
Stalled revetment works at the eroding Kumaka Landing is expected to recommence shortly, says Region One Chairman Paul Pierre.
According to Pierre, the Region has been assured by the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) that the machine to drive the timber piles needed to support the sheet piles and additional building materials will be transported within a week to the area.
The Chairman said that works to correct the first revetment works that collapsed in March, started in June but was halted one month later because the machine had encountered mechanical problems.
“I was recently told that within two weeks the machine would be up here and one week has passed so I am hoping that soon the machine would be up here because the roadway is near to the waterway,” Pierre said.
In light of the roadway that is being threatened by the eroding landing the Region will be placing gravel to strengthen the structure. Currently, erosion to the roadway is not significant since the collapsed revetment in the waterway is acting as a buffer to the river, he added.
In March, speedboat operators had complained about the incomplete ‘wooden sheet pile revetment’. Engineers of T&HD were tasked with undertaking the revetment works halted their operations when the facility started to collapse.
Regional Vice-Chairman, Fermin Singh, had conceded that the engineering works have proven to be faulty, but he had assured that it will be rectified soon. And indeed works began in June.
The water levels of the river could prove to be a challenge.
He insisted that the incomplete work is owing to poor engineering.
Boat operators in the area are fearful that the current revetment may also collapse like the one in March because of faulty works. One boat captain observed that the sheet piles are not yet tied to the piles.
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