Anegada Admin Complex ‘unbecoming’ of a Gov’t facility- Dr Hubert O’Neal
“I must comment though that this whole government facility here needs a little improvement. If you look around particularly to the eastern end you can see…and Public Works Department is largely responsible for this, but you see derelict vehicles, you see trash around the place,” Dr O’Neal pointed out while giving remarks at the Commissioning of the Anegada Rock Iguana Headstart Facility Visitor Centre on June 22, 2017.
The poor condition of the Anegada Administration Complex has been voiced many times before by residents and even in 2015 Territorial At Large Representative and Junior Minister for Tourism, Honourable Archibald C. Christian, had stated that he was on Anegada a few weeks before Standing Finance Committee sittings and received a list of concerns about telephone lines being down, office equipment not functioning, building material still on site and the site not properly cleaned.
In January of this year, this news site had also reported that it was around October of 2016 that the building housing the Emile E. Dunlop Community Centre in The Settlement, Anegada was shut due to the poor state of the building.
“It is not becoming for not just this Government facility but for the Anegada Rock Iguana Headstart Facility where we are going to be inviting visitors from around the world…and we need to do something about cleaning up this whole park here,” Dr O’Neal continued.
“I will be pressing hard”
According to the Representative, who has often been criticised for not doing enough in his district and not having the "reach" as a representative to get things done, said he was going to be “pressing hard to repair the Community Centre and I am going to be pressing as well to clean up this whole Government Complex and get it more attractive, more representative of what a Government facility should be.”
Earlier, during his remarks, Governor John S. Duncan OBE had said it was good to see the District Representative at the commissioning ceremony and encouraged Dr O’Neal to bring his proposal for the repair of the Anegada Community Centre to Cabinet.
“When I came three years ago there was much to be done on the island. I see that some of it has been done. There is still some to do, the Community Centre in particular, and I look forward to see some proposals on that coming to Cabinet before too long, particularly as we go towards the hurricane season,” Governor Duncan stated.
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23 Responses to “Anegada Admin Complex ‘unbecoming’ of a Gov’t facility- Dr Hubert O’Neal”
Just drive down by Setting Point near the ferry dock ... And see all the junk there... No pride... Some people are untouchable.... What a shame .
The most of the few improvements in Anegada were done by the Tourist Board. Kudos to them. B>>>> you come to Anegada once in a blue moon and only visit with certain people. We want you GONE
much more than Burtie. Burtie goes once every 3-6 months. NOT ENOUGH.
is privately owned but used by Government for years, with very little from Government.
Virgin Gorda is in the same situation. Government is not good at maintain facility that was
given to them by others eg Sir Brier Cliff Hall.