“How much inches of pipe?” asks soca superstar Patch.
In Parham Town, where work on phase three of the National Sewerage Project should have started early this week, the answer is 24,000 inches.
On March 8, government brought representatives of various contracting companies to a signing ceremony for contracts for this phase of the project.
Arlene Smith-Thompson, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works, said 12 petty contracts valued at $585,635 would be signed that day.
This phase of the project includes the “upper reaches” of Parham Town, said Samuel McIntosh, CBE’s project manager. About 2,000 feet of PVC pipe will be laid to connect the area to a larger collection system, Mr. McIntosh said.
The first two phases of the Parham Town project were completed in December, he added.
Government is “looking at interim solutions” to bring some relief for residents while the long-term project is ongoing, said District Eight Representative Marlon Penn, who added that some options will be presented to the public at a meeting soon.
See the March 15, 2012 edition for full coverage.
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