The Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) led Virgin Islands Party government is making strides towards the redevelopment of the West End Ferry Terminal starting with a public meeting to discuss the facility set for this Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Photo: VINO/File

“The specific goal of the meeting is to ultimately construct a new modern passenger and light cargo port at West End with the input of the community as we strive to be inclusive in all of our endeavours,” the Premier said according to a release from the Government information service (GIS). Photo: Team of Reporters/File

Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Fahie said that redeveloping the West End Ferry Terminal is of paramount importance and the meeting is in keeping with his government’s strategic agenda to provide a resilient infrastructure by carrying out a complete review of the current sea transportation system including all ports of entry.

Community Input

“The specific goal of the meeting is to ultimately construct a new modern passenger and light cargo port at West End with the input of the community as we strive to be inclusive in all of our endeavours,” Premier Fahie said according to a release from the Government Information Service (GIS).

Preliminary conceptual designs of the facility will be presented to the audience followed by a facilitated discussion to allow public input on the redevelopment of the project.

The community meeting will be held at the Leonora Delville Primary School in Cappoon’s Bay beginning at 7:00 pm and is hosted in collaboration with the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) and the Disaster Recovery Coordinating Committee (DRCC).

Over the years, the West End Port has been plagued with issues such robbery and break-ins, then after the hurricanes of 2017, the facility was left in disarray and brought to shameful conditions under the Dr. D. Orlando Smith led National Democratic Party (NDP) government with civil servants working under open tents for several months, after damage was sustained to the Ports Authority building.