Sunday night seawall activity to be shifted, Benn says

Church Road, Subryanville still under water yesterday morning with more overtopping expected yesterday evening (Photo by Arian Browne)

Police could soon be called in to prevent the Sunday night ‘hangout’ on the seawall between the Russian Embassy turn to Conversation tree, in an effort to deal with the erosion and choked drains owing to a severe backup of garbage that has resulted from this activity.

“We intend to have that activity relocated back maybe between Camp [Street] and Vlissengen [Road], where it could be better managed… It’s a big problem for us we have to repair the embankment we have to restore the grass for erosion protection…and of course the garbage,” said Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn yesterday.

In the wake of the of the overtopping of the sea defence, which saw several coastal communities flooded on Sunday and again yesterday,