Finally a sense of normalcy! Electricity being restored to North Sound
"We were very frustrated seeing all the works to restore power in the Vaĺley (Virgin Gorda) and nothing was happening here but I must say they are coming through for us slowly but surely," said a North Sound resident, who gave his name only as Mr Creque.
Another resident, Ms A. E. Haŕrigan, said,"I still strongly feel much more could have been done given the time frame we out of both power and water. Water has always been an issue for us up here and I don't see it getting any better after the destruction of Irma to tell you the truth but we are thankful to the team that have put in the task so that we can get some light up here other than moon light."
Flow to the rescue
Flow BVI recently announced that they have made a significant plug for Virgin Gorda, resulting in residents being reconnected with electricity.
The telecommunications company said they offered to assist the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) by bringing in a team of linemen to help plant poles, as well as run electricity and fiber optic cables in North Sound.
Commenting on the partnership, Country Manager, Colin MacDonald explained that the collaboration is in line with Flow BVI’s mission of Connecting Communities; Transforming Lives.
He said, “As part of our restoration efforts in the BVI community and to help reconnect our customers we are pleased to have been able to sponsor a team of linesmen from our neighbours in Jamaica and St Vincent. The men were extremely willing to come and assist with helping the BVIEC to rebuild the Territory’s electrical infrastructure, especially on Virgin Gorda which is one of the BVI’s key tourism hubs.”
MacDonald added, “We understand how it important it is for the Territory to have a strong, resilient and stable telecommunications infrastructure in line with the overall vision of a new BVI economy, tourism product and business services, and Flow looks forward to bringing on leading edge technologies to achieve this.”
Flow also suffered significant damage to its mobile and data equipment during the passage of Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017.
Nevertheless, Flow is committed to helping to rebuild a stronger Virgin Islands and is working to restore full telecommunications services to the entire Territory, including fixed line and broadband services.
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11 Responses to “Finally a sense of normalcy! Electricity being restored to North Sound”
I must say that These guys are doing a great job and thanks to the hard working team. FLOW AND Digicel have been instrumental in keeping us connected with our loved ones abroad.. thanks to them as well..I feel that the power distribution to homes, can be a bit more organized.
I say to my people, DONT let anyone piss on your shoes and call it rain.