Vector Control Unit Conducts Fogging Exercise in St Thomas and St Michael Districts This Week
October 13, 2024
The Vector Control Unit will conduct fogging exercises in St Thomas and St Michael districts this week, targeting specific areas each day from Monday to Friday, 4:30-8:30 p.m. Residents are advised to cooperate.
The Vector Control Unit will visit various districts in St Thomas and St Michael when it conducts its fogging exercise this week.
On Monday the Unit will make its first stop in St Thomas. It will spray Cane Garden Park with avenues, Cane Garden Crescent, South View, Sugar Mill Drive, Mint Close, Coral Drive, Pearl Drive, Violet Drive, Jackson Main Road, Fosters Gap, and Canewood Road.
The team will visit some areas in St Michael for the remainder of the week.
On Tuesday the Unit will go into Jackson Terrace with avenues, Jackson Tenantry, Rock Hampton Road, and surrounding communities.
The following day it will be the turn of Avenues 1, 2 and 3 Grazettes, Capri Drive, Upper Wavell, Walters Road, Parris Road, Jackman Road, Thompson Road, Goring Land, Nos. 2 and 3 Fairfield, Hurley’s Land, Wood Land, and Fairfield Road.
On Thursday the Unit will target Cadogan Road, St Stephen’s Hill, Nos. 1 and 2 Clevedale Close, Clevedale Road, Black Rock Main Road, Apple Grove, Wavell Avenue, Tamarind Road, Wavell Gardens, Dear’s Land, Yearwood Road, Murray Land, Fairfield Road, and environs.
The fogging exercise for the week will conclude on Friday in Lower Wavell, Nos. 1 and 2 Nightengale Road, Belfield Land, Seclusion Road, Fairfield Road, and Grazettes Main Road.
Fogging takes place from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. daily. Householders are reminded to open their windows and doors to allow the spray to enter. Children should not be allowed to play in the fog.
Members of the public are advised that the completion of scheduled fogging activities may be affected by events beyond the Unit’s control. In such circumstances, the Unit will return to communities affected in the soonest possible time. (PR)
