News
Roads Project contracted out; PWD lacks capacity—Hon Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Ministry for Communication and Works, headed by Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool, (R4), has decided to contract out, its road development project and instead focus on ‘patching potholes.’
Gov't in dispute with landowners over land access @ Belmont Estate
BELMONT ESTATE, Tortola, VI - The Smith family of Belmont Estate, got a ‘knife in their back’ from the National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration.
PWD resumes Brewers Bay drainage project
BREWERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Even before the August floods and the two category 5 hurricanes of 2017, the Territory’s infrastructure has been in shambles.
Portions of Lee Road on VG remain deplorable
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Over the past months, many media articles and social network posts have appeared about the poor roads on Tortola, many with gigantic potholes, pools of muddy water and many vehicles have been stuck in the potholes from East End to West End.
‘I am well aware of all problems plaguing my District’- Hon Maduro-Caines
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Sixth District Representative and second term legislator Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines has made it known that she is not oblivious to the issues being faced by her constituents and other persons, including the deplorable state of some roads, and that she continues to lobby for them to be addressed.
Patch work on big West End pothole! Did JvD event make it possible?
WEST END, Tortola, VI- It was our newsroom that first and accurately reported on December 28, 2017 about a gigantic pothole located on West End, Tortola.
Nadia V. Christopher has died; Civil servants, family in mourning
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Ministry of Communications and Works, the Public Works Department and the wider public sector, as well as immediate family and friends, were thrown into a state of shock and heartbreak with the passing yesterday November 9, 2017 of young Virgin Islander, Ms Nadia V. Christopher.
Vehicle falls off damaged road in CGB
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- The deplorable state of roads continues to plague residents of the Virgin Islands, with one woman just managing to escape serious injury after her vehicle slid off a damaged road in Cane Garden Bay, on the main island of Tortola yesterday, October 23, 2017.
PWD & BVI Paving race to restore damaged roads
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Public Works Department (PWD) and the BVI Paving Company Limited are working against the rainy weather and the clock in order to restore Fort Hill to Belle Vue roads on the main island of Tortola, today, Sunday August 27, 2017.
Hotline set up for reporting road hazards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A hotline is now available for residents to report all road hazards to the Public Works Department.
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