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The Planning Division has said that it is aware of a small cement plant being operated by Chinese nationals involved in the multi-million-dollar road rehabilitation project in Layou and are looking into the matter after residents raised concerns at a recent United Workers Party ‘People\u2019s Parliament’ gathering in St Joseph, claiming that the operation is illegal.<\/p>\n
An official from the Planning Division, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Dominica News Online that the company did not seek permission to operate, but the division, along with different agencies are working with the situation.<\/p>\n
The mini-plant, the official explained, is not a true cement plant but only comprises a machine which mixes concrete and aggregates to build the sea defense walls entailed in the road project. The mixed cement is then placed on a truck and brought to the relevant locations of construction.<\/p>\n
The ‘plant’ is one which is similar to other local companies such as Redi-Mix Concrete, according to the official.<\/p>\n
Parliamentary Representative for the St Joseph constituency, Kelver Darroux, had told DNO\u00a0 said earlier this week that he was awaiting a report from the Planning Division to prove whether there is a \u2018cement plant\u2019 operating in the Layou area and if it is doing so in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n
He said that he was not able to confirm whether or not a cement plant was operating in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell as far as I know about the Layou situation, about three weeks ago the planning corporation engaged in a site visit down in Layou and we are currently now waiting on the report from planning to give us all the details as to what they observed during operations and what has to be done, so that is the situation. So as soon as we get the report from planning we will make it available to the Layou Improvement Committee and see how to move forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Darroux said that he is also waiting on a similar report on the asphalt plant which is currently operating in the area. These reports will be presented to him, the Layou Improvement Committee and the Minister of Planning also.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on\u00a0 the finding of that report then we will once again see the way forward for the people of Layou or what has to be done, what has to be rectified if anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Planning Division has said that it is aware of a small cement plant being operated by Chinese nationals involved in the multi-million-dollar road rehabilitation project in Layou and are looking into the matter after residents raised concerns at a…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n