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FIGTREE PUMP IN SERVICE AS REPAIRS PROCEED

The motor control center at the Figtree Pumping Station has been repaired and "at least one pump is currently in operation," according to a press release from the Public Works Department distributed Saturday morning.
The repair work carried out this week "has halted the sewage discharge to the sea in the vicinity of Cane Garden Bay," said Public Works Commissioner Harold Thompson Jr.
Repair work was continuing to get a standby pump in operation as well. Public Works contracted for the use of a 4-inch auxiliary pump to prevent the discharge of sewage along the Christiansted coast and to allow for emergency repairs to proceed at the LBJ Pumping Station, according to the release.
The Bethlehem Gut sewer main by the east airport access road "has been corrected and simply needs earthwork restoration," Thompson said. Meantime, Public Works has contracted for the repair of the sewer main by the Estate Bethlehem bridge, with work scheduled to begin in the coming week.
Thompson asked that the public avoid the gut area around the Bethlehem bridge and the Cane Garden Bay vicinity until further notice.

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