New sewerage pumps to cost Works Ministry over $300K
“There is another agreement that we are putting in place now to replace the pumps that are at the main pumping station, as well as, the ones at the Cultural Centre and Purcell. These are the three main ones that are causing the overflow by the Immigration Department. We are going to issue a contract shortly to replace those pumps with new ones,” he said in an interview with Virgin Islands News Online recently.
From the day it is signed, Hon. Vanterpool anticipates the project will take about 90 days to be completed.
One of the companies his Ministry is working with is the United States based Smith & Loveless Inc., which will be working closely with the local company to execute the job.
“Individuals from Smith & Loveless are expected to arrive in the BVI by the end of the month to lend their expertise and evaluate the pumps,” the Minister said. “And CBE will have overall management/supervision of the project.”
Meanwhile, 10 local contractors have been hired by the Ministry for Communications and Works to begin phase one of the Road Town sewerage project with the contracts valuing $866,681.
At the contract signing on Friday February 3, 2012 at the Ministry’s conference room, the subject Minister told reporters that this phase encompasses the construction of manholes and laying of pipes from FirstBank to Vanterpool’s Pharmacy.
In giving a breakdown of the funds allocated towards the project, Hon. Vanterpool stated, “$588,000 are for the contractors, the purchase orders cost $128,908 and the agreements for the purchase orders amount to $149,088.”
“The procurement for the materials will be imported and will be here in another week’s time,” Hon. Vanterpool said.
He further added that the monies for the project came from a pre-approved loan that was borrowed from Banco Popular.
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