12-07-2018, 10:32 AM
They drained the Morass basically by digging canals and released the water into the sea. You can see one of those canals from the road heading towards Green Island - it looks like a river but its not.
Over the years the Morass has become dry enough where it spontaneously combusts on a somewhat regular basis (there was a fire in there just the other day). Its dry enough where people are actually LIVING along the edges and into it somewhat - people are actually farming in there because it has KILLER nutritious soil.
None of this should be happening in any Morass, Swamp or Lagoon anywhere.
So...now they are going to attempt to "fix" a 20+ year old problem in the making - admirable AND expensive...all while doing MAJOR development just north of it which will deplete its and other resources in the surrounding areas, including Negril.
My friend said this new "Minister Without Portfolio" called it a compromise. I call it 3 card Monty with people's lives.
Over the years the Morass has become dry enough where it spontaneously combusts on a somewhat regular basis (there was a fire in there just the other day). Its dry enough where people are actually LIVING along the edges and into it somewhat - people are actually farming in there because it has KILLER nutritious soil.
None of this should be happening in any Morass, Swamp or Lagoon anywhere.
So...now they are going to attempt to "fix" a 20+ year old problem in the making - admirable AND expensive...all while doing MAJOR development just north of it which will deplete its and other resources in the surrounding areas, including Negril.
My friend said this new "Minister Without Portfolio" called it a compromise. I call it 3 card Monty with people's lives.