FRIDAY, MAY 02, 2025
VOLUME 119, No.18
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DOUGLAS ADDRESSES CONCERNS Assurances are given that work continues unabated on the Project which now has an August deadline for completion. by: KENVILLE HORRNE
The corrective measures currently being undertaken at the Kingstown Port Modernisation Project, throws up disturbing pictures of disruptions to the surface area of the Port. (Credit: Travis Harry)
THE COMPLETE SECTION ADJACENT to the Quay Wall at the new Kingstown Port is expected to experience a collapse, resulting in an increased visibility of water during the rectification process. Speaking on the Issue at hand programme om WE FM last Sunday, Lenski Douglas, Project Co-ordinator for the on the Kingstown Port Modernisation Project, disclosed that during the early phase of construction of the port, excessive reclamation material was placed in the harbour before the quay wall, making it difficult to impossible for vessels to berth. As such, therefore, the surplus material on the exterior had to be removed to achieve sufficient depth for the vessels to dock. In addition to the material that was originally dumped outside the quay, according to Douglas, it was discovered that materials were being lost from the land side. “When we investigated, we realised that what occurred is that between each king pile, there’s a sheet pile. And they typically do what you call clutch together. What has happened is that those clutches, for one reason or another, would have separated; 30% of the clutches would have
Lenski Douglas, Project Coordinator for the Kingstown Port Modernisation Project, gave an extended explanation of the current challenges and assured that the Port as it was, was not being compromised. separated. The material, therefore, is being lost through those separations,” Douglas explained. He assured, though, that while material was being lost, the structural stability of the project was not being compromised. Continue on page 3