Tuesday February 9th, 2010
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Construction main cause of downtown flooding—Imbert
Published: 7 Aug 2009
A lot of the flooding problem in downtown Port-of-Spain is being caused by construction activity including Government’s campus sector and the Waterfront, says Works Minister Colm Imbert. At the Government’s weekly news conference yesterday, Imbert said consultants had been working on a long-term plan to alleviate the situation.
But, he added, that this would eventually entail demolition and relocation of some buildings in order to implement a new drainage system to replace the small system which was almost 60 years old. Imbert said construction activity on some buildings caused silt and debris to clog drains, furthering the problem.
As long as there was construction work in the area, Imbert said, the “drain capacity” problem would continue. Once drains were cleaned every six months, the problem remained in check, so far, he added. However, he said city drains had been cleaned in April for the Summit of the Americas and had now been found to be full again. Apart from it being a sea level issue, Imbert said the drainage system in the city was just too small to hold the amount of water that was now generated. Imbert said he had instructed the Drainage Division to look at the flood-prone areas in downtown Port-of-Spain, Richmond Street, Abattoir Road and other areas.
Maybe buy 3 helicopters
Maybe buy 3 helicopters instead of 4 and fix some drains???? - Hey I'm trying to compromise here ppl!
I never hear dat excuse
I never hear dat excuse before. The last ones I hear was that people were clogging up the drains with their indiscriminate disposal of rubbish and that the drains were not being kept cleared (hence them drain cleaners PoS bought). With this latest excuse I guess what is really being said is that PoS go continue tuh flood as long as construction going orn and the government plan to keep building for the next __ (fill in yuh own number) years.
Even if the government didn't buy any helicopters, given this latest excuse, flooding would still continue.
'Water more than flour' now,
'Water more than flour' now, so any excuse will do. Last time they cut down the trees by Sea Lots because they claimed bandits were in the trees. Wasn't that the Honourable Minister who took down the Red House Dragon in the dead of night and replaced it with the Red House Dove? All who in favour of bringing back Papa Neeza from Moruga to cure the flooding problem say 'aye!'.
(Footnote: The late Papa Neeza was the venerated Master of Necromancy who Sparrow popularized in his famous calypso,'Melda'aka 'Obeah Wedding'.)
ajfyzabadbutlertown
It is Friday. The week is
It is Friday. The week is coming to an end. It starts off well in Trinidad with this bit of comic relief from the lil Minister. Here in Kansas we are looking out for tornadic activity. I am certain the jokey minister trying ah ting. You know why? This is the same fella who was preaching to the Met Service last year that the floods were being experienced due to unusual and heavy rains, that were due to God, season and everything else except to what the Met Service was saying.
And the laff is now that it is due to construction. See what I mean? Friday is killing day for the Middle East, it is a holy day for others but for Trinidad, the lil Ministah makes it comic day in the press. And me! Ah laffing too bad.
Ah me! Levity!
GrantAdamsCares
Mr. Imbert, the man who
Mr. Imbert, the man who advised us that 'foreign was better than local' is now attempting to justify the chaos this gov't has caused. Before construction could take place, did no one in gov't ever though about ensuring that all permits and plans were in compliance with regulations? With all those mega buildings going up into the sky, little though appears to be given to the poor 'beggars' on the ground. Progress means having to work hand in hand with fixing the 'little' systems we have before we mount up those delusions of grandeur. This gov't refuses to accept the fact that T&T is a small, very small island, floating in the big ocean. We are like a paper made boat floating in the Caribbean Sea. Mr. Imbert, I must tell you that every step forward you take in the name of progress, you in reality are taking two backward. Your explantion for the flooding does not give us much comfort and hope. Persons paid huge salaries to oversee our 'development' have neglected their duties. We are also seeing the same mismanagement with the Smelter Plant - chaos will follow.
another useless cronnie, i
another useless cronnie, i expected him to say, too much vagrants sh***ing in the drain causing a backup problem,which we are working on ,we have 200 chinees workers attacking the problem as we speak.
Hyper, you make me smile, so
Hyper, you make me smile, so early in the morning, its good for your well-being. If it's a sea level problem, we have to live with it as TT goes as they will not plan. In Bristol, UK, they spent years tunnelling under Bristol which is near sea level, used to get heavy floods, now a huge tunnel with an subterranean network of smaller tunnels, huge underground pumps have been commissioned last year. Imbert come see it for yourself. It was on BBC/West TV. but it took great planning, engineering and implementation from the city with the Brunel heritage: this is something small islands are capable off with all their consultants, with forward planning not sticking a plaster here and there.If you are going to be in power for next 20 years you can afford to plan ahead.
Boy ah buss out laughin'
Boy ah buss out laughin' when a read dat one. Hyperactive, yuh hit dee nail on dee head. Dey so blasted incompetent dey could put up any old excuse. So eef yuh listen yuh might actually hear meh laughin from 5000 miles away - daize how loud a laughin'. Gih dem presshaah, breds. Godspeed.
You need to be above a
You need to be above a certain height if you doh want de s**t and brains mixing. This ent happening here, apparently.
Jumbie's Watch
NO EXCUSES PLEASE, THE
NO EXCUSES PLEASE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF PORT OF SPAIN IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD , ALL THESE NEW BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED ON THIS OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN ALL MAJOR CITIES, THIS IS NOT A CRIME , MR IMBERT NO EXCUSES GET YOUR ENGINEERS AND CITY PLANNERS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND FIX IT . END OF STORY NO POLITICS.
.....the main cause of
.....the main cause of flooding in POS is due to the ineptitude and incompetence of the present minister of works whose resume of monumental failures range from stadia to retaining walls.....
People, Truth be told, if
People,
Truth be told, if Imbutt were not so short and his head wasn't so close to his butt, then he would not be talking so much manure. Also, everytime he opens his mouth to try to defend the indefensible actions of the PNM, he spews tons of garbage which contributes to the flooding. Imbutt needs to shut up, stop making excuses and shifting the blame for his own incompetence and take some classes in Urban Planning. The man is a legend in his own mind, possessed with a huge Napoleanic Complex. Imbutt must go!
Well, Well, Only one option
Well, Well, Only one option lets flood POS and make it to another city like Venice Italy. LOL
I guess we buying all them helicopters from them so we might as well make our city look like their city.