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local Saturday 25 March 2023

Department of Public Works to close Palm Beach road for

maintenance next Monday

Next week Monday, March road, which as mentioned
27th, the Department of before, will take 4 working
Public Works will be con- days.
ducting a water drainage The DOW asks the com-
in Palm Beach, where pud- munity and tourists around
dles of rainwater often sit the Palm Beach area to
in front of the gas station in keep the roadwork and the
the area, causing disrup- disturbance that this will
tion in traffic. The DOW will cause in mind. Croes asks
be closing the road in that to be understanding and
area in order to work and patient during the duration
make this roadway acces- of the project.
sible again to drivers. Croes also added that this
project was one that they
This project contains differ- have identified a while ago
ent phases. The first phase of this project, this consists hotels. These two pathways during this period. When and that they have already
consists of improving the of expanding the culvert will be amplified in order to the first phase commenc- done some work in the
flow of traffic in the area. situated in the walls of the improve the flow of water es, road workers will be back side of the gas station
For this, they will be renew- crossroad near Tanki Real, passing through. The fourth occupying the roadway to fix the area, but “we still
ing the asphalt from the which is located behind phase will be conducted at the crossroad near the have to connect the drain-
Citgo gasoline station up the former Palm Beach su- in the area of Palm Beach CMB bank around the ho- age system to the salt lake
until the Santa Anna Phar- permarket. The third phase 94B, where they will be pro- tel area and will continue and increase the capac-
macy. This phase includes 3 will also contain expansions filing the road again so that northbound, ending at the ity of the culverts by laying
segments. The first segment of culverts, namely the one the water flowing by can back side of the gasoline down new pipes, basically
involves digging for laying at Keito, where rainwater reach the salt lake from the station in Palm Beach. because the passing water
down pipes in the ground, passes through two differ- northern side. The first phase of the culvert in the current culvert system
pouring down cement and ent paths before entering There will be some chang- will take around 30 work- is so much that it’s blocking
connecting the new drain- the salt lake in front of the es in the direction of traffic days. Because of this, they more water from flowing in.
age system on the back will be closing the roadway As a result, the water level
profile at Palma Real. In the in the area for 6 weeks, keeps rising.”
second segment, they will so that they can properly According to Croes, this
be removing the asphalt complete all necessary work will alleviate the area
cap on the road that leads tasks. The last task in the of the gasoline station,
to the Santa Anna Phar- culvert phase consists of where rainwater usually sits
macy. laying down asphalt on the for a long time. q
The tasks for the second
segment will take place
between 11pm and 7am
every night for 4 consecu-
tive days, according to the
director of DOW, Marlon
Croes. In the daytime, the
road will be open for all
vehicles. The third segment
involves pouring down as-
phalt on the road, which
will take an entire night.
Because of this, they will be
closing the road from 9pm
to 12pm the following day.
In terms of the second phase