Monday, June 16, 2014

Study To Restore Dam Underway 3 Firms Short Listed For Project

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The dam is now in a position where only half its capacity to hold water is being utilized mainly because the other half is choked with silt and debris which have been accumulating there since its construction...."
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Yep! That's St.Lucia for you; where we don't fix a thing until it reaches crisis proportion.

We build, we paint, we give good speeches at the ribbon cutting ceremonies; and then we forget. It happens with our roads & bridges, our schools & hospitals, with everything the government owns including the Prime Minister's office which was leaking just recently.

Now, had a maintenance program to de-silt the dam (quarterly, semi-annually, or annually) been in place; WASCO would not have this terrible headache today. But, are they going to learn from this experience, and do things better in the future? Hell No!!!!

Anonymous said...

with a maintenance program a minister can not shine on tv, thats why the ribbon cutting party is so popular.
and by the way what are this desk top tigers are made of?
what we need are practical engineers with field experience in positions.

Anonymous said...

This dam was opened in 1995. I find it incredible that in 19 years it has never been desilted.

When structures like a dams are constructed, they are supposed to be designed in a way that enables repair and maintenance to be done on a regular basis.

Seems like there was a lack of foresight and planning even before the structure was built.

If this dam was built and managed properly desilting should be done on a regular basis by WASCO staff. Now we have to put up big money to get an outside contractor come in and do the work.

Anonymous said...

St. Lucia is in downwards spiral. I am living here since 2003. It was o.k. and a lot improved till 2009. Hurricane Tomas drained the treasury to it's bottom. When they built the dam there should have been two floating platforms with dredging equipment permanently in the water and regularly maintained.