The second phase of the Kitty seawall sinkhole project is 20 percent completed, and the entire project is expected to be completed by year-end.
This is according to Sherod Parkinson, senior engineer of the project, who, in an interview with the Department of Public Information, explained that the one-month-old project has entered its second phase.
Works being carried out on Phase Two of the Kitty Seawall Sinkhole project on Vlissengen Road
This stage includes work on the Sandel Place end of road (Vlissengen Road), where a box culvert is being built for effective drainage. “With good weather, the second phase should be completed in the next two weeks,” Parkinson declared.
The sinkhole came into being last December after three pipes feeding the Kitty pump station failed. Repairs subsequently began in January 2017.
The project has three phases: the first entails works on the seawall road; the second deals with the section of road going towards Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue; and the third will see construction of a roundabout at the junction where Carifesta Avenue, Rupert Craig Highway and Vlissengen Road meet.
A roundabout is a circular intersection where drivers travel counterclockwise around a centre island.
Geoffrey Vaughn, Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, has said the completed repairs would enable drivers to reach their destinations effortlessly, and reduce the amount of traffic travelling on the East Coast, Carifesta Avenue, or in the vicinity of Kitty.
