Government Quarry to be re-opened

Works & Engineering will be re-opening the Government Quarry in order to make more slate available to the Government and the public.

Government has applied for planning permission to begin quarrying for the slate, and Works & Engineering permanent secretary Derrick Binns said he hoped the legal steps will be sorted through by early next week so the slate-cutting can begin.

"We have a substantial need ourselves," he said, adding that 100,000 slate would be "the bare minimum" of slate cut just for Government. More will then be cut to be made available to the public.

Government is hiring a stone-cutter to do the quarrying. No quarrying has been done at the Government Quarry for over a decade.

Temporary garbage sites closed

Temporary sites for dropping off garbage and horticultural waste in Southampton and St. George's have now closed.

Residents and truckers are asked not to leave horticultural waste at the Death Valley site in Southampton or Penno's Wharf in St. George's. The Marsh Folly composting facility is open daily for horticultural waste and the Tynes Bay incinerator is available for household garbage.The Ministry of Works and Engineering is asking for the public's co-operation and understanding until normal garbage collection services have resumed following the destruction of Hurricane Fabian.