Significant improvement work is slated for the Sandy Gully drainage network in St Andrew says Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.

Responding to questions posed by St Andrew Western Member of Parliament, Anthony Hylton, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, October 8, Dr Holness informed that the National Works Agency (NWA) has been tasked with developing a comprehensive plan to rectify issues identified.

“The Sandy Gully is an emergency because of the communities that have sprung up… on the banks… in many instances, and the compromised inverts and walls could create a major catastrophe. For pleadings regarding the Sandy Gully [of] which I also share the concerns, they will be addressed. We are going to do something significant on the Sandy Gully,” he said.

Dr Holness assured that the Government is seized of the citizens’ concerns.

“The challenge is… the magnitude of the intervention that would be required… and so we have to plan it out very carefully. We are going to have a major intervention to rectify the areas that are most at risk. So [that] is being developed now,” he said.

The Sandy Gully spans several constituencies across the Corporate Area.