Thieves in search of lumber materials went to great lengths when they stripped the roof of Wesley Hall Junior School of its rafters and sheet blocks a few days ago.
The school in King Street, The City, has been closed since October and is undergoing extensive refurbishment.
According to the project foreman, along with the rafters, 36 pieces of 2×4 wood stockpiled on the compound were carted away.
“It happened a couple days ago. They took away about 30 to 35 long rafters and they took away some of the sheet blocks,” he told the MIDWEEK NATION yesterday.
“This happened more than one time. After the first few times we moved the materials to the inside and locked them in a different room, but when we did that they started taking up from the roof,”
he added.
Yesterday, construction workers were busy replacing the lost rafters, but all this has set the project back.
When contacted, communications consultant for the Ministry of Educational Transformation, Gaynelle Marshall, said: “As it stands, the materials don’t belong to the ministry, they belong to the contractor. The ministry can’t really get involved because until the building is officially handed back over, we don’t even have jurisdiction over it.”
Well I tell ya