Eccles, East Bank Demerara– Residents of Georgetown and it's surrounding environs will be relieved of the constant overflow of garbage following the closure of the Mandela Avenue site which has been the center of a controversy after it was literally bursting at the seam.Despite criticisms and delays, the first of the four-cell state-of-the-art Haags Bosch sanitary landfill facility, aback Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was officially opened today to accept garbage from Timehri, East Bank Demerara to Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, catering for 15 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils and the City of Georgetown.
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall stated that the each cell is 16 acres (6.5 hectares) and will take 10 years for one cell to reach its full capacity. Currently, 10 percent of work on cell one has been completed and has the capacity to accommodate two months of garbage to bring it back to land level. The Haags Bosch facility is expected to be better managed than Le Repentir so as to prevent instances of fires. The contractor in the civil works contract is expected to provide fire pumps and the availability of pipelines to assist in fire fighting in the event of a fire.
In ensuring a strong base for the Haags Bosch facility, a geo synthetic material has been introduced which acts as a strengthening agent while another material is placed on top of that to allow effective drainage along the bottom of the cell.
The facility is equipped with an all-weather road while buildings for weighbridge, workshop, energy and water supply, wheel washing facilities and administrative office are also on stream.
The Ministry urges all persons transporting garbage to this new site to do so in such manner as to avoid littering the streets along the route to the site.
Persons can access the facility using the new access road leading to the site which is at the boundary between Eccles and Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara.The $4B project is financed by the IDB and the Government of Guyana while an additional $800M has been allocated to advance further work on the construction of the landfill in the 2011 budget.
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