Four Months In 2022 And No Contract Was Issued By Government To Clean Trenches
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — For 4 months the trenches havent been cleaned because the contracts expired since December 2021 and until this day they havent been renewed. The amount of pollution that goes into the ponds when it rains is big and it heads into the sea when the Government open up the Fresh pond to drop the pond level.
All the plastic and Styrofoam items will kill many fishes and turtles in the ponds or sea if we allow this to continue. Also many trenches like the Rolandus channel, Belvedere trenches, Ring road, arch road (by pool bar) trenches and many other trenches around the island arent hard surfaces and are growing closed.
Lastly many culverts (pipes under the roads etc.) are mostly blocked up with sand, rocks and stray garbage, causing lots of water remaining on the roads Read more
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