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Excavation work to begin on ‘accident hotspot’ Sophie Bay Road from Monday

Sophie Bay Road, which has been the scene of many accidents this year, will be reduced to a single lane road from Monday, August 14 to Thursday, August 17, 2023, to facilitate repairs. Photo:
Sophie Bay Road has been the scene of many accidents this year, 2023. Photo: VINO/File
Sophie Bay Road has been the scene of many accidents this year, 2023. Photo: VINO/File
SOPHIE BAY, Tortola, VI- Sophie Bay Road, which has been the scene of many accidents this year, will be reduced to a single-lane road from Monday, August 14 to Thursday, August 17, 2023, to facilitate repairs.

According to a bulletin from Government Information Services (GIS) on August 11, 2023, the public is notified that excavation work will begin on “the corner of Sophie Bay Hill” where concrete was spilled on the road.

It said motorists traveling westbound are asked to drive on the left lane heading to Road Town while those traveling eastbound from Road Town are asked to drive through Fort Hill.

GIS said the road is expected to fully reopen on Friday, August 18, 2023.

13 Responses to “Excavation work to begin on ‘accident hotspot’ Sophie Bay Road from Monday”

  • senegal man (13/08/2023, 13:58) Like (1) Dislike (6) Reply
    Get rid of the jumbie
  • pat (13/08/2023, 14:11) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
    It’s about time yall
  • WHAT!!! (13/08/2023, 16:12) Like (22) Dislike (0) Reply
    “Where concrete was spilled on the road”
    Why was the person who spilled the concrete not held responsible for cleaning it up?
    As usual nobody is held accountable for their mess ups.
  • 2023 (13/08/2023, 16:36) Like (18) Dislike (0) Reply
    what price the persons causing the damage will pay: not all people using that public road spills concrete: when concrete gets spills those responsible should clean up the concrete because it took some serious accidents before anyone made a move
    • Concrete Trucks (13/08/2023, 21:02) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      That's where the spills come from. How to enforce it, I'm not sure. Sending a backhoe to rake it off periodically before it accuumulates is the only thing I can think on.
  • scp or tcp? (13/08/2023, 21:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Why the boss of PWD dont put a device there like what he installed at the bottom of elevator hill?
  • BuzzBvi (14/08/2023, 03:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    What? 2023? Like people paying their fines?
  • Lost souls (14/08/2023, 07:59) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
    So, when the next concrete truck pours its load out on to the road after you fix it what we going to do? No one in Government going to hold the concrete company owners (Ashley or Ronnie) responsible ..... so, what we doing?
  • 2023 (14/08/2023, 09:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    @ lost souls are you saying government have outstanding payment for these concrete people
  • DONT TOUCH (14/08/2023, 18:24) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    We are so selfish in this territory government or no department will do anything to those responsible for the spills. They are afraid to touch them but they will hammer the small businesses and the rest of the public. All you to one sided not only that I want to know who is this engineer who engineering that project. That little wall is a disgrace to engineering work.
  • SHAME (15/08/2023, 02:13) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Why is the government continuously paying to remove this concrete from the roads with no fines? I am sure there are laws on this. We continue to let the two big companies to drop wasted and excess concrete all over the island and between the mangrove trees. Everywhere you go you can see proof af a mixer truck washing or dumping cement on the sides of the street. The hurtful thing is the won’t put a drop of it in one of the potholes on the roads. They need to be fined so that they can do better.
  • deputyclink (15/08/2023, 04:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Because of the extreme individualism prevalent in this zone, neither the government nor any relevant departments will take action against the polluters. They won't go near them, but they'll punish mini crossword local shops and citizens severely.
  • bumblebee (16/08/2023, 11:09) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Maybe the licensing fees for the concrete trucks should be in the range of 1500-$2000 with part of the fees going into the cleanup fund. And I know some folks will say they will pass the price onto the costumers, they will continue to raise the prices regardless.


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