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City Manager awaits legislation to resolve parking issues

- Multi-storey car park on the agenda; Festival Grounds to accommodate public parking
City Manager Ms Janice Bratwaithe-Edwards has revealed plans to address parking issues in Road Town. Photo: VINO/File
Government is exploring the construction of a high rise building along DeCastro Street in Road Town that would accommodate as much as 630 vehicles. Photo: Internet Source
Government is exploring the construction of a high rise building along DeCastro Street in Road Town that would accommodate as much as 630 vehicles. Photo: Internet Source
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The management of the city of Road Town says it is aggressively moving ahead with plans to address the sore issue of parking throughout Tortola.

City Manager Ms Janice Bratwaithe-Edwards on JTV CH 55 Big Story with Peta-Gay Coombs and Cathy O. Richards on July 14, 2017, said that among other covert works being done is the setting up of a committee that is tasked with the responsibility to work out a master plan as instructed by the responsible Minister, Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4).

"We are actually looking at proposed sites for parking within the confines of the city. Parking to the extent where we can look at the outskirts of city and have people shuttle into the city."

Multi-storey car park

One of the things Mrs Brathwaite-Edwards said they are exploring is the construction of a high rise building along DeCastro Street that would accommodate as much as 630 vehicles.

“Once those are inside there then all the other parking spaces in Road Town would be a little more lucent because people would be able to go and come a little more freely,” Brathwaite-Edwards said, adding that such parking facility would be more utilised by persons parking for at least a full working day.

Awaiting legislation

Additionally, the City Manager said plans are also in the making and papers are being put together to take their ideas to the people who they recognise must be consulted in the process, but more to it becoming a reality is the required legislation.

"I am just waiting on a piece of legislation, and once that goes through then I will be well on the way to getting things to happen in the city."

However, in the interim, Mrs Braithwaite-Edwards said that immediately following the Emancipation festivities this year the Road Town Festival Grounds will be utilised as an official parking lot and an aggressive remarking drive will be the order of the day.

The City Manager also agreed that the issue of persons having several vehicles at once is causing a problem but it is an issue out of her domain to speak about.

16 Responses to “City Manager awaits legislation to resolve parking issues”

  • Hope (18/07/2017, 11:08) Like (9) Dislike (2) Reply
    Parking garage isn't a bad idea, just hope they have crime prevention methods for in there
    • Government (18/07/2017, 12:09) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
      Government need to have more of their business operations going on out of Town... Free up the shitty
    • Hmph (18/07/2017, 14:09) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
      A good starting point would be to tow all the cars that park in the middle of the car park behind Labour away. They could be stored on some Government land out of town and the owners charged to recover them. $500 ought to get the message home.
      • Hih (18/07/2017, 18:40) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        What is to dislike in that message unless you are one of the ignorant persons who parks in the middle of the car park.
  • just asking... (18/07/2017, 11:38) Like (7) Dislike (4) Reply
    Waste of good real estate
  • vi (18/07/2017, 11:51) Like (8) Dislike (2) Reply
    Road Town was never plan out for generations to come. Landfill needs to be done at the water front for commercial business and Parking. Wake up legislators think on the future generations and also fix the infrastrure it is disgraceful to this Beautiful , wealthy Virgin Islands. Get some of the big dogs owning some of the Islands to spend some monies on the roads, schools instead of dining with them.
  • Street reporter (18/07/2017, 12:03) Like (10) Dislike (1) Reply
    Looks good. The best place to put that is to the left of infinite solution push back more towards the seaside. Use the dirt area straight across. Leave the existing concrete parking lot alone. U won't have to disturb the taxi stand..
    • Agree (18/07/2017, 12:48) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      I agree with Street Reporter comments about where is best to put that type of car park infrastructure and to leave the existing parking lots alone.
  • wrong place (18/07/2017, 14:43) Like (4) Dislike (3) Reply
    is there no city planning? Car parks and government admin buildings should be at the back of town with prime real estate to pull in the $$$$
  • Sure (18/07/2017, 16:59) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    And watch traffic grind to a halt!!!!!
  • facts (18/07/2017, 18:01) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
    Everything they see up north they want yo do in the bvi
  • Steez (18/07/2017, 20:01) Like (1) Dislike (5) Reply
    How about limiting cars to one per family and people start car pooling? The answer is to reduce cars where possible for the long term. We cannot keep adding hundreds of new cars to the roads every year. Where does it all end???
  • alex (18/07/2017, 20:50) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    Some person have 3 to 4 vehicles in the parking lot taking up space and even put them in and around village cay area sell.gov need to let them move it once it there for over a week or pay a fine.if the vehicles isn't licensed it shouldn't be on the or or parking lot taking up space.
  • up town (18/07/2017, 20:56) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Can we finally enter the panoply of developed nations the world over?
  • cost (19/07/2017, 08:18) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    While i agree with the parking lot i know for sure there will be a fee nothing is going to be free what needs to be done is regular scheduled public transportation in every crevices and corners, thats the reason why we have so many vehicles to one house hold cant blame people of wanting to get up and go where you want to go and when you want to go just saying my opinion


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