I went to the port yesterday as I promised and observed a large, sloping mound about 40 feet or more high on the western side of the port. It is piled and graded on the western, upward slope of the port property beside the bay. It is surrounded on two sides by the high port wall with the fourth side being the entrance road from the western port storage area by the old aduana building. It is contained and seperated from the nearby houses along the main highway by the high wall and for the general public to get to the site, they have to pass by the armed guard at the port's entrance gate.
It appears to be well-packed so no dust was apparent. It was piled and graded so that any normal rain runoff would flow down the entrance road area and enter the general ground storage area of the port and not flow into the bay. The bay's water was crystal-clear and showed no signs of runoff detris despite a week of just-ended, rainy weather. Torrential rains associated with a tropical storm could be another matter. The composition of the matter was of a gray-colored, coarse sand that would be easily compacted and not easily be blown around by the usual breeze.
There was not enough of the material to be used in a project so ambitious as an airport runway as was suggested in the previous post.
I was unable to speak to the several officials that were standing up at the top of the slope as when we were slowly driving up to them several carloads of military and other civilian officials drove up and gave us questioning looks as they passed us. We turned around and left.
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