G/town flooding ‘being monitored’ – Mayor

The flooding brought on by heavy rainfall in Georgetown is being monitored by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council.

Georgetown Mayor Alfred Mentore told the News Room on Thursday during a telephone interview that he visited the pumps across the town during the morning. He reported that kokers and pump stations are operating well, allowing the water to be quickly discharged.

“I’ve inspected the various kokers and various outfalls, as have the engineers, and they identified some areas where they have some plastic and some other bottles and so on happen to be blocking some of the outfalls,” the Mayor said.

He explained that the rainfall is being monitored and the issues of blockage are being addressed.

“Most things are in place in relation to pumping and the regular grading flow so those things we are on top of. More than likely during the next couple hours everything should be back to normal unless we have more rain,” Mentore said.

According to the Hydrometeorological service’s weather forecast, it is expected that the rainfall will continue until next week.