of transporting waste from Vieux-Fort to Castries. “We are actively seeking to establish a landfill to service the south of the island,” Raynold Arthurton noted, highlighting the geographic challenges of managing waste across Saint Lucia’s six hundred and seventeen (617) square kilometers while serving a population of approximately one hundred and eighty thousand (180,000) people. CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND PROJECT REVIVAL The addition of new engineering expertise has sparked innovative solutions at the Authority, transforming long-standing operational challenges into practical, cost-effective projects. One standout example is the long-delayed construction of an alternative road to the landfill’s tipping face. The newly appointed Civil Engineer has introduced a creative solution, using the Authority’s stockpiles of used tires to produce mechanical concrete for the road surface, a move that both meets infrastructure needs and tackles waste disposal challenges. ‘We have had piles of tires with limited use,’ General 54 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 12, ISSUE 08
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