FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025
VOLUME 119, No.15
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NEW PORT THROWS UP CONCERNS by KENVILLE HORNE
An early photo showing an opening in the surface of the reclaimed area of the port, said to be the result of the declutching of sheet piles. by DAYLE DASILVA THE SAME TYPE OF FALSEHOODS presented during the construction of the Argyle International Airport is again being issued for the Port Modernization Project. Continued on Page 3.
A more recent aerial photo of the affected area of the port project.
A PHOTOGRAPH that was posted last month on social media here showed an area of the Port Modernisation Project at Rose Place, Kingstown, from where a portion of the surfaced area had disappeared. An early explanation by Prime Minister Glenford Stewart, Dr. Ralph Professional Engineer, laid Gonsalves stated bear the concerns he had that the about the approach to declutching of sheet piles at the construction of the new port port had resulted in Kingstown. in material inside the reclaimed area being washed out to sea. On March 5, Prime Minister Gonsalves said the declutching became apparent when dredging was being done outside of the sheet piles to ensure the berthing area was 40 feet deep. During an interview on NBC Radio, March 17, Tam Smith, Project Director for AECON Group Inc., the contractors at the Port Modernization Project gave a further explanation on the issue. He said that when AECON was doing the dredging to design depth on the front quay wall, “We realized that some of the sheet piles had declutched.” He assured that AECON had a repair methodology and that was ongoing, and “we don’t think at this point in time, it’s a bit early, but we don’t think it’s going to affect the schedule (August 2025) at all”, said Smith on March 17. On Wednesday 2nd April, during a New Democratic Party (NDP) press conference, Glenford Stewart - engineer and former NDP Member of Parliament for the Southern Grenadines and a Minister of Government - said that the sheet piles at the port were at 40 feet, too short, contributing to the loss of reclamation material at the site. Continued on Page 3.