Wire Transfers Have Gone Out and Meeting is Set for Thursday, Prompting Waste Haulers to Unblock Entrance of Anguilla Landfill

Waste Haulers on St. Croix on Wednesday evening unblocked the entrance to the Anguilla Landfill following daylong negotiations between Gov't House and the haulers that have led to immediate, partial payments via wire transfer. The haulers and Gov't House officials are scheduled to meet Thursday morning to negotiate further, and the outcome of the meeting could determine whether the protest action continues or ends. Shawn Baptiste, owner of Marco St. Croix told the Consortium this evening that he was told payments were wired to accounts. Moments later, one of his employees hopped into the excavator that had blocked the landfill's entrance for the entire day and drove the heavy equipment out of the way. Bryan administration Chief of Staff, Karl Knight, told the Consortium that a temporary solution had been reached. "These issues with Waste Management are longstanding issues; we're talking monies owed many years back," he said. "Rome wasn't built in a day and of course funding the oper...