North Street location of cruise-port post has become a smelly health hazard, Wehner says, on account of drainage issue

A potential health hazard is being created at one of the Antigua
Cruise Port terminals –at the lower Newgate Street section, just
opposite the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union building.

REAL News correspondent George Wehner has recorded the state of
the area, which he describes as a health disaster waiting to happen if
not rectified immediately.

He also reported that a putrid odour – akin to the smell of a pig pen
– is emanating from the vicinity of the entry/exist post, which
reportedly is used when cruise vessels are home-porting.

Wehner recalls that, in 2022, the cruise agency extended its
perimeter fence – taking up a portion of the road shoulder that had
been used for parking – and this has forced motorists to seek
alternative arrangements.

In extending the fence, it appears that no proper arrangement had
been made for drainage, and so rainfall has been accumulating in the
fenced-in area, and the water has become murky and stagnant.

Compounding the matter is that mangoes from a nearby tree have
fallen into the water and have fermented, causing the terrible odour.
Accordingly, Wehner concludes that the extension of the compound
was done in haste and without proper planning. 

Wehner is calling on the Antigua Cruise Port to clean up the area,
which has become a breeding ground for vectors.  He says also that
the issue is causing St. John’s to become smelly.