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Gov’t providing free transportation services due to road closure in Hodge’s Creek

- Transportation services will be available from June 11 to 25, 2025
The public is notified that transportation services will be provided to residents in the East End and Paraquita Bay/Hodge's Creek areas during the temporary road closure in Hodge's Creek. Photo: VINO/File
The designated Pick-Up and Drop-Off locations, according to a bulletin from Government Information Services (GIS), are in the vicinity of Fine Foods Supermarket, East End, and the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Paraquita Bay. Photo: GIS
The designated Pick-Up and Drop-Off locations, according to a bulletin from Government Information Services (GIS), are in the vicinity of Fine Foods Supermarket, East End, and the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Paraquita Bay. Photo: GIS
HODGE’S CREEK, Tortola, VI- The public is notified that transportation services will be provided to residents in the East End and Paraquita Bay/Hodge's Creek areas during the temporary road closure in Hodge's Creek.

The designated Pick-Up and Drop-Off locations, according to a bulletin from Government Information Services (GIS), are in the vicinity of Fine Foods Supermarket, East End, and the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Paraquita Bay from Wednesday, June 11 to Wednesday, June 25, 2025, with three round trips per day, Monday to Friday.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

8:45 a.m. - Fine Foods to HLSCC and back

2:00 p.m. Fine Foods to HLSCC and back

8:40 p.m. - Fine Foods to HLSCC and back

Transportation will operate via the Ridge Road.

The first departure for each time slot will begin at Fine Foods, East End at no cost to passengers, the bulletin informed.

The long-awaited road works from Hodges Creek to Paraquita Bay on Tortola began on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

The project is being executed by Northam Construction Limited for a total of Two Million Three Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Fifteen Dollars and Ninety-Nine Cents (US$2,386,015.99).

19 Responses to “Gov’t providing free transportation services due to road closure in Hodge’s Creek”

  • oh well (10/06/2025, 17:18) Like (37) Dislike (7) Reply
    Pure nonsense. fix the road in a timely manner. In doing this they'll only take more time in finishing the road. A $2.3MIL headache. WHAT A TIME . SMH
  • smh (10/06/2025, 17:24) Like (28) Dislike (3) Reply
    Today marks officially 8 months since this road fixture started, and they have not gotten anywhere. You would think they fixing from east to west smh. Yall need to take a page out of the USA and China book. And then by time its finished, the road still going have issues that needs to be fixed again smh.
  • Hurry up (10/06/2025, 17:29) Like (8) Dislike (2) Reply
    This is a big inconvenience ????
  • Senior native citizen of the British Virgin Islands (10/06/2025, 17:43) Like (7) Dislike (2) Reply
    People be wise. Take this offer. Every dollar counts.
  • HMMM (10/06/2025, 17:49) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    We nees Real solution, get the damn thing fix quick..not just wrap a cloth over the bad wound.
  • Make it make sense (10/06/2025, 17:49) Like (18) Dislike (2) Reply
    So persons who work 8:30 - 5 or even with Government, you're telling them to pay and catch a bus but those who would be idle throughout the day and even night, should benefit. Who came up with this schedule?
  • jack (10/06/2025, 18:09) Like (1) Dislike (16) Reply
    Kye mehson you wuking
  • Can't understand this. (10/06/2025, 18:58) Like (20) Dislike (0) Reply
    Soooo, what about the people who don't drive but live between Brandywine Bay and Hodges Creek, especially those who live around the college area. Man the craziness is too much. Fix the roads so people can get to go and earn their daily bread without feeling stranded.
    Buses already run the Ridge Road.Like really....strupes.
  • resident (10/06/2025, 19:11) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    These buses are not for workers to get to town for or before 8 a.m. Just do things that make sense.
  • Stealth (10/06/2025, 19:53) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Why is this road take so long to do an overlay or a reconstruction? Did the government conduct a pavement condition index (PCI) before awarding the contract? Is the contractor on this project inexperienced on road construction and out of his depth? Did the milling unearth latent defects? What is the length of the contract? Does the contract have liquidated damages? If there are liqusted damages, how much per day? Does the liquidated damages have teeth, forcing contractor to act? Did government action(s) contribute to the delay??
  • please note (10/06/2025, 23:06) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    COLLEGE STUDENTS ONLY
  • GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS (10/06/2025, 23:08) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    LONGEST ROAD TO FINISH
  • Madussa (10/06/2025, 23:26) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    This schedule is good for college students—at least that is a big help. Those who want to go past the roundabout at Quomar will have to find transport to continue on their own into town.
  • Josiahsbay (10/06/2025, 23:46) Like (18) Dislike (0) Reply
    In the interest of speed and convenience, this project would have better served the East End community if it had scheduled work in three shifts, operating 24/7 while the road was closed to traffic. I believe any additional costs would have been justified by the reduced time for completion..
  • WHATS ALL THE OLD TALK FOR (11/06/2025, 08:31) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    Even kiy kye knows that he ain't ready , but is just doing an acting job and making every effort to make it look real ( and its not him alone ) remember those who sat in the street to create a publicity STUNT gor the camera ~ so they are no STRANGERS to DECEPTION / OR SPECIAL EFFECTS TO MAKE IT LOOK REAL / WE EVEN HAD ANOTHER EXAMPLE BY UNVLE SAINT ANDY , WHO WAS NOTORIOUS FOR GOING DOWN ON HIS KNEES , WHILE PLAYING HIS RODEO GAMES - so why we ACTING like we SUPPRISED
  • potato chips (11/06/2025, 09:04) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Feel's like I'm watching a sitcom....
  • Struuuups (11/06/2025, 09:52) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    clap clap clap for the Mista Minista and his team. Ayo give them a medal. Let the problem get bigger (roads deteriorate), then find a 'solution' for the problem you couldn't fix and waallaaa....Hail our leaders, our heroes!!! Makes sense
  • Kye (11/06/2025, 10:21) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Fix the bypass road behind Alphonso apartment and the junk yard
  • 2024 (11/06/2025, 10:30) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    just a question
    what happen when all of the diplomatic trips here and there sees other diplomats coming to our country while the public roads are in disarray could only imagine the impression it could leave in there mind


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