COLE BAY--About ten businesses along Welfare Road in Cole Bay are threatening to take government to court to block the closure of Welfare Road as of August 15. The businesses decided to get together after it initially was announced that the entire road would be closed until December, arguing that the road closure would cause economic harm to their respective businesses.
However, it is unclear whether the businesses will proceed with court action, after government announced last week that only half of the road would be closed. A meeting between government and the legal representatives of the businesses is scheduled today to discuss the matter and avoid a court date this week.
Department of New Works and Projects head Kurt Ruan announced last week that one side of Welfare Road in Cole Bay, from Afoo Daily Extra to the Cole Bay roundabout, would be converted into a one-way road as of August 15 for the ongoing Cole Bay drainage and sewage project.
As of that date, only through traffic travelling from the Simpson Bay/airport direction towards Philipsburg will be allowed. The project will be executed on the other side of the road (left side when coming from the mentioned areas) until December 2011, when the road will be re-opened.
All traffic coming down A.J.C. Brouwer Road (Cole Bay Hill road) will have to take Union Road and then Orange Grove or Well Road to go to the Simpson Bay area and/or airport.
Ruan stressed that residents, business owners and workers always would have access to their homes and businesses along Welfare Road. Government said it would release detailed information in a subsequent press release specifically for these residents and business owners.
The work along Welfare Road is viewed by government as essential, considering the many complaints of Cole Bay residents about running sewage water and lack of proper drainage. The area consistently experiences flooding due to lack of proper drainage facilities.
Government has said repeatedly that not only residents, but also businesses will have to endure inconveniences for the upgrading of safety measures. Residents and business owners in Philipsburg had to go through the same inconvenience during the upgrading of Cannegieter and Camille Richardson Streets. Drainage and sewage facilities were addressed in those projects as well, leading to the elimination of sewage water on the streets and minimising flooding.
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