yesterday he understood Government was facing "enormous logistical problems'' with its plans to build a new high school at Prospect.

He also said the United Bermuda Party Government was saddling the Island with an incinerator "far beyond'' the community's needs.

And he charged Government had "disgraced'' Bermuda by failing to complete the National Stadium.

Sen. Philip, speaking in the Senate during the Budget debate of the Works and Engineering Ministry, said his party had several fears over Government's handling of plans for the new school.

It was concerned other projects were being sacrificed, such as the National Stadium, in order to make the new school a reality. The school is part of Government's multi-million dollar plans to restructure the education system.

Sen. Philip further said it was his understanding Ministry workshops would have to be moved to make way for the school.

He was also concerned that water supply and sewage systems in the area would have to be re-routed and nearby homes in the area would be negatively impacted on.

"We would like to have an assurance that all these bugs will be ironed out before the project gets off the ground and that the Minister of Works has been in close collaboration with the Ministry of Education on the project,'' he said.

Still on the issue of Government's education plans, Sen. Philip hammered Government for spending $100,000 on overseas consultants which he claimed "have come to tell us where to put the chemistry lab, the fax machine...and where to put the principal's office''.

"These are things the principal's wife -- or husband -- could tell us,'' he said.

Sen. Philip said there were enough local "experts'' to assist in the interior design of the new school.

The Senator hit out hard at the Ministry for not finishing the National Stadium.

Government's inability to complete it had "disgraced the entire Island'', he charged.

"Imagine! No changing rooms, no toilets for the international and local players during the World Cup games,'' he said.

"Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent on overseas consultants, architects and engineers to knock down a perfectly good building, which I might add had a roof. And (Government) sacrificed the best cricket pitch in the country to give us an incomplete hole in the ground representing the National Stadium which has now been turned over to the Lines brothers to complete.'' Sen. Philip was referring to the building and pitch that were once on the grounds of what is now the National Stadium.

Sen. Philip accused the Ministry of squandering hundreds of thousands of dollars on "errors of omission and commission'' ranging from the airport to the mass-burn incinerator to the new prison.

He said Government had forged ahead with its Tynes Bay incinerator plans, failing to take into account recycling, which was now a focal point of its waste management plan.

The Island was now being "saddled with a waste management plan that was far beyond the means and needs of this little community'', he said.

Responding in the brief few minutes left of the debate, Government Works and Engineering spokesman Sen. Maxwell Burgess said the National Stadium was far more useful than the "sham'' that stood there before.

"There are more bathroom facilities than ever before,'' he said. The project was not yet finished, he conceded, but that was due to the recession.

Sen. Burgess said the Department of Planning was currently working on a master plan for the new secondary school, which would take into account the Progressive Labour Party's concerns.

C. Venton Associates of Canada was assisting in the overall design of the school, he added.

In his presentation of the Ministry's budget, Sen. Burgess had announced plans for a new road sweeping machine, a 25-gallon reverse osmosis plant at the Housing Corporation and plans for 15 new wells around the Island.

And he noted repair projects for public and private roads would continue, as would the bus shelter building project.

SEN. IRA PHILIP -- Opposition spokesman for Works and Engineering.