JVD 'suffering' without Govt backhoe- Residents
They complain that as a result of no backhoe within the public works system they are made to hire private machines at high prices to get work done on the island.
“The residents of Jost Van Dyke want to know why for over six years they don’t have a backhoe loader within the Public Works system. The Public Works backhoe was taken off the island over six years ago for repairs and on to this day hasn’t returned back and it is costing the Government hundreds of thousands of dollars every month in hiring a backhoe to do patchwork on the road,” said Jost Van Dyke resident and member of the Jost Van Dyke Action Committee Gerald A. Chinnery.
According to the vocal businessman, the residents of the community complained to Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4).
“He promised that it was going to be fixed and returned and that was over three years now and it hasn’t been returned nor a new backhoe placed on the island,” said Chinnery.
He said that due to the lack of the machine a lot of times road works or water works cannot be done in a timely manner.
“When there is a broken pipe in the system it could take days sometimes for a hired backhoe to come and fix it,” he said.
Efforts to reach Minister Vanterpool or someone else within the Ministry of Communications and Works for a comment proved futile.
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