Cleaning Sandy Gully

Cleaning Sandy Gully

"Cleaning Sandy Gully: Some 100,000 cubic yards of silt and sand are being bulldozed from the floor of the Sandy Gully by the Ministry of Construction. The work began on Monday November 30 and was inspected on that day by the Minister of State in the and after heavy rainfall. A ministry, Hon. Robert new spillway costing contractor. Purpose of the shortly under the Constant. Spring Road Bridge which spans the gully at that point. In the background [above] is the Sandy Gully Bridge on the Spanish Town Road. Its abutments were threatened by years of accumulated sand and silt, hence the decision to clean the channel. Completion is expected by June."

Drainage - Jamaica; Sandy Gully (Kingston, Jamaica); Spanish Town Road (Kingston, Jamaica)

Daily News

Aug-1982

NLJ Photograph Collection IN: Daily News Collection

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