Robinson-Regis: No flooding risks in Rio Claro HDC settlements

HOUSING and Urban Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis says two Housing Development Corporation (HDC) settlements in Rio Claro are not at risk from flooding.

She made this clear while responding to questions from Mayaro MP Rushton Paray in the House of Representatives on December 9.

Robinson-Regis said the El Guayanapo and Mora Heights housing developments “were constructed on hillside terrain and are not prone to flooding.”

While the HDC has received complaints about flooding in the area and there have been the unusual bouts of rainfall in recent times, she continued, the drainage infrastructure in both developments removes water quickly to further negate the risk of flooding.

Robinson-Regis said the Mora Heights settlement is located in a forested area and owners of residential units there, signed agreements with the HDC which specify it is the homeowners’ responsibility to keep units in a good and habitable condition.

She added that because of this agreement, it is not the responsibility of the Mayaro Rio Claro Regional Corporation to provide pest control services to homeowners to deal with an infestation issues.

Robinson-Regis also said the El Guayanapo settlement consists of 122 residential units on 8.76 hectares of land.

Of the 122 homeowners, she said 57 “have completed payments for their properties and can therefore obtain titles or deeds to their properties.”

The House has adjourned to a date to be fixed.

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