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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Heritage cleans up Vessigny Beach

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Radhica De Silva
501 days ago
20240126

Hun­dreds of vol­un­teers from Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um did on a  clean-up at Ves­signy Beach yes­ter­day, ad­dress­ing a part of the pol­lu­tion on the west­ern coast­line.

While res­i­dents ap­plaud­ed the ini­tia­tive they urged Her­itage and oth­er cor­po­rate en­ti­ties to con­tribute to re­fur­bish­ment of the di­lap­i­dat­ed life­guard fa­cil­i­ties at the beach fa­cil­i­ty.

Sa­van­na Dick­son said the life­guard booth was in ur­gent need of re­pairs.

“Lots of chil­dren come here and we need to have the life­guards with bet­ter fa­cil­i­ties,” she said.

Dick­son said the in­creas­ing num­ber of beach­go­ers and in­ad­e­quate fa­cil­i­ties, posed a chal­lenge for life­guards, who can­not mon­i­tor the area ef­fec­tive­ly.

Coun­cil­lor for Brighton/Ves­signy Jil­lon Lewis echoed the res­i­dents’ con­cerns and high­light­ed the broad­er is­sue of coastal pol­lu­tion. He com­mend­ed Her­itage’s ef­forts at Ves­signy Beach but said neigh­bour­ing ar­eas such as Point Sable and the La Brea al­so need­ed clean­ing.

Dur­ing the Her­itage team’s clean-up at Ves­signy, old nets and ropes were re­moved from the shore, con­tribut­ing to a rel­a­tive­ly clean­er ex­panse of the beach.  The vol­un­teers said bags of garbage were found in the grass along the shore.

Apart from the beach clean-up, Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um do­nat­ed man­grove plants did a facelift of the Point Fortin Se­nior Cit­i­zens Fa­cil­i­ty. The com­pa­ny al­so do­nat­ed tele­vi­sions and per­son­al com­put­ers.


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