The recently constructed Beterverwagting Nursery School is not in compliance with the general building standard implemented since the 2004-2005 Great Flood which suggests that construction of public buildings should have a first storey elevation of 2.5 feet to three feet off the ground.
Stabroek News was told by an engineer that since the major flood over eight years ago building standards have recognised that elevation is mandatory for buildings such as schools and health centres. He said that flood-prone areas had to take into consideration the inevitable and a nursery
