One of the country’s most visited nature sites, the Maracas Valley Waterfall, is in danger of becoming inaccessible to the public. This is the possible outcome of a proposal by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Drainage Division) to construct a flood control dam and reservoir and a sediment trap in the St Joseph River as part of flood control works in the Caroni River Basin to eliminate flooding in the area. If given the green light by the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), the access Waterfall Road that leads to the popular hiking trail located in the northern area of St Joseph in the Maracas Valley will be closed to the public. The Express obtained a map of the proposed flood-control dam that shows more than half of the Waterfall Road is expected to be cut off and covered under water as construction of the dam will span over several acres of land in the area affecting fauna and flora.
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