DUTCH QUARTER--Ground was broken on Thursday for the construction of the parking facility at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Dutch Quarter and the Dutch Quarter Community Centre. Now a problematic dirt area, the parking space serves both facilities and, once completed, will eliminate the "mud pools" with which parents, pupils and teachers alike have had to deal with for years.
Minister of Education Silveria Jacobs and Minister of Infrastructure William Marlin each thanked the pupils of the school and their parents for enduring various hardships caused by rain and lack of drainage around the school. The school has a history of being flooded out whenever it rains, with school management forced to close the facility at times.
With that in mind, the project which went on tender in late 2010 will also encompass drainage facilities. However, in order for the contractor to move the water from the area of the school down to the main drainage on A. Th. Illidge Road, Head of the Department of New Works at the Ministry of VROMI Kurt Ruan said cooperation from the community and property owners would be vital. Minister Jacobs also called on the community to cooperate.
Ruan explained that the parking area would consist of 30 parking lots. The new area will also incorporate a "bus loop" where school busses can drop off and pick up pupils. Minister Jacobs also said the sporting facility nearby was also scheduled to be upgraded.
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