Plantation Peter’s Hall residents frustrated by dust, noise from nearby building material business

Residents of Plantation Peter’s Hall, a new housing development on the East Bank of Demerara, are expressing frustration over the ongoing disturbance caused by a nearby Chinese-owned building material business along the Eccles Dumpsite Road.

For approximately a year now, the daily lives of residents have been negatively impacted by dust and noise from the company’s operations.

Despite numerous complaints to both the business owners and relevant authorities, the residents say their concerns have largely been ignored. The business, which specializes in the production and distribution of building materials, has been a persistent source of trouble for the community.

On Sunday, residents shared their grievances with the News Room. They reported that the pervasive dust is affecting their health and making it difficult to open doors and windows. Additionally, they believe that the drilling activities at the business are causing cracks in their concrete structures, many of them new. The heavy trucks frequently traveling to and from the business are also reportedly damaging community roads and spreading sand across the area.

Maurice Lovell, a resident with asthma, described the situation as untenable.

“The amount of sand they throwing and the heavy materials and they big trucks damaging you place, cracking people place up. The dust blowing you can’t even open up yuh place. You can’t be comfortable where you living and I don’t think that is fair,” Lovell told the News Room.

Lovell has lodged complaints with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Public Works but claims he has received no substantive response—only promises.

“This is an ongoing issue…It can be prevented by putting methods in place…like wetting the land to keep the dust down. “We can’t use the road way because its sand. It’s so messed up back here,” he added.

Another resident, Akash Seepersaud, whose house is still under construction, also expressed frustration over the continuous damage.

“It very frustrating because it’s everyday…especially right now building materials are very expensive and I am still construction. You find that every day when you build something nice, in two morning you see it crack. Like for instance I have my whole back fence lose off right now because of the vibration and who is going to fix it? I got cracks in my house, I can’t do nothing,” Seepersaud explained to the News Room.

As residents await a resolution, Seepersaud questions who will ultimately take responsibility for addressing these issues.