The En­vi­ron­men­tal Man­age­ment Au­thor­i­ty (EMA) says there is noth­ing im­prop­er about the work be­ing car­ried out at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah to ac­com­mo­date this year’s In­de­pen­dence Day pa­rade.

In a me­dia re­lease, the EMA said it had in­ves­ti­gat­ed pub­lic con­cerns and found no breach of en­vi­ron­men­tal re­quire­ments re­lat­ing to the tem­po­rary pa­rade square or the in­stal­la­tion of three Bai­ley bridges.

“Dur­ing the site vis­it, the EMA ob­served two tem­po­rary ramps built over box drains, as well as a tem­po­rary stage with a fence around its perime­ter. A met­al ramp is cov­er­ing the box drain, and a grav­el-sand mix has been tem­porar­i­ly placed on ei­ther side,” the au­thor­i­ty stat­ed.