{"id":30953,"date":"2024-04-23T15:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/freetown-city-council-responds-to-the-arrival-of-early-rainy-season-havoc"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:12:08","slug":"freetown-city-council-responds-to-the-arrival-of-early-rainy-season-havoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/freetown-city-council-responds-to-the-arrival-of-early-rainy-season-havoc","title":{"rendered":"Freetown City Council responds to the arrival of early rainy season havoc"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The rains have come early and jumped ahead of our flood mitigation plans. FCC flood mitigation activities started at Juba Bridge on 3rd April.<\/p>\n

After about five days we moved onto the canal at Lumley which had also become an illegal dumpsite last year. From there work began and is still ongoing at Kroo Bay.<\/p>\n

The heavy rains in the early hours of this morning were accompanied by the return of an unfortunate habit \u2013 some Freetonians emptying their garbage into gutters and waterways during the rain.<\/p>\n

As a consequence, we saw an overflow of a number of key drains and gutters across the city, including at Portee. This unfortunate practice is most often done by but is not limited to residents living in hillside communities that cannot be accessed by sanitation vehicles.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the Council\u2019s efforts, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr said: \u201cthe Deputy Mayor, the Chief Administrator, the FCC team, and I were out on the streets until way after dark to ensure that we effectively addressed the situation at Portee and elsewhere. All roads were cleared, and residents were sensitized in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cFCC flood mitigation activities will continue for the next few weeks. We are confident that within a few days, the positive impact of the recently expanded public space cleaning and the continued flood mitigation activities will yield positive results.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditionally FCC is in the process of strengthening our sanitation bylaws; we are hopeful that parliamentary approval for that will be granted soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the meantime, a reminder to us all that garbage on the streets doesn\u2019t fall from the skies. Freetonians please don\u2019t throw your garbage in the streets, gutters and waterways and please do not use \u201cClean Salone\u201d!! Please only use FCC approved waste service providers who operate with tricycles or vehicles. Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n

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