Junior Minister for Tourism and Culture, Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith (R4) has announced that a comprehensive cleanup of Road Town is expected to begin in the coming weeks, as government moves to make the capital more presentable ahead of the Christmas holidays. Photo: Internet Source

Speaking as a guest on the Honestly Speaking programme hosted by Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith said the effort will target derelict vehicles and the trailers located across from the hospital area. She said the trailers will either be removed or arranged in an orderly fashion. Photo: Facebook

Speaking as a guest on the Honestly Speaking programme hosted by Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Hodge-Smith said the effort will target derelict vehicles and trailers across from the hospital. She said they will either remove the trailers or arrange them neatly.

“We will see our efforts, again, to do a thorough cleanup of Road Town,” she said. “Including derelict vehicles, getting rid of those trailers, over across from the hospital area, even if you can’t get rid of them, put them in an orderly fashion. So that we can really, really tidy up the capital and in time for the Christmas holidays.”

Funding secured

Hodge-Smith said she has long advocated for funding to carry out a full-scale cleanup of Road Town, and confirmed that she has now been able to secure the necessary funding. She said residents should expect to see movement “very, very soon.”

The Fourth District representative stressed that the cleanup will not be carried out in isolation. She said she intends to reach out to the relevant agencies to work collaboratively on a thorough cleanup of the district.

“I love to collaborate. I believe in collaborating. I don’t like this thing about solos, about working in silos or solos,” Hodge-Smith said. “I will be reaching out to the relevant agencies to help us to do, together, [a] thorough cleanup of the district.”