Several residents of the newly completed Solaris Court public housing project on White Park Road are set to be connected to the Bridgetown Sewage System, Senior Minister of Town Planning Development and Infrastructure Dr William Duguid has revealed.
Speaking to Barbados TODAY on Thursday, Dr Duguid disclosed that householders occupying the 16 units at Solaris Court will benefit from a connection to an existing lift station in the area.
“The Bridgetown Sewage has a lift station there. It is a sewage connection being made to a lift station there, so they are connecting the houses there at what’s called Solaris Court over to the lift station,” the minister explained.
Lift stations are utilised to move wastewater from lower to higher elevations, particularly where gravity flow is insufficient or would result in excessive excavation depths and high sewer construction costs.
The announcement came as workers were observed clearing the adjacent site of the abandoned Louis Lynch Secondary School.
This development follows an October 2023 announcement by Minister of Housing Dwight Sutherland regarding plans to temporarily relocate some Greenfield residents to Solaris Court.
The relocation would facilitate a major government housing project, with the crowded Greenfield slated to be the first City housing area to undergo modification.
At the time, Sutherland indicated that four innercity districts – Greenfield, Chapman Lane, Murphy’s Pasture and Cats Castle – were earmarked for redevelopment as part of the broader Bridgetown Rehabilitation Project, which began in 2021. The minister expressed concern about residents living in dilapidated houses in flood-prone areas.
Dr Duguid, who is currently acting as housing minister, was unable to provide an update on the progress of the Bridgetown Rehabilitation Project.
(EJ)
