Jeremy W. Hodge Out! Kurt B. E. Hodge In! as PWD new Boss
Mr Hodge will be reassigned to the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA), although his new role there is not clear.
He was assigned to the PWD from 2019 and was confirmed to the post on November 1, 2022. Mr Hodge, the son of late Legislator Omar W Hodge (VIP), had his last day on the job on Friday, August 29, 2025.
New man holding the fort
Mr Kurt B E Hodge, a civil engineer and Virgin Islander, will be in charge until a replacement is selected, according to the same sources. The post of Director of PWD has now been advertised on the Government Website.
The role of the Director is to provide leadership and guidance in all aspects of the day to day activities of the department.
The Director is also the Chief Advisor to the Government on all environmentally sound infrastructure that is well designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with recognised regional and international codes.
Meanwhile, Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Kye M Rymer (R5) said Mr Hodge is only on vacation; however, our well-placed sources are maintaining there has been a reshuffle.
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37 Responses to “Jeremy W. Hodge Out! Kurt B. E. Hodge In! as PWD new Boss ”
The BVI is crying badly for strong leadership.
Jeremy means well, but his downfall came when he allowed unqualified players like S****, H*****, and N**** to manipulate him into downgrading the staff. These three only ever looked out for themselves—especially S***** and N****. N****, in particular, has no qualifications; all *** does is sit around, wait for the guy from DOIT to visit, then disappear for hours while doing nothing but trying to manipulate the team.
That said, Jeremy, I still wish you all the best in your future.
Don't mind the noise run fir the prize before you. We got your back.
Out of all the choices they had to act they put the most unempathic, unsympathetic and unhelpful of them all in that department to replace Jeremy who was no shining star himself.
generally most municipalities prefer an experienced, knowledgeable, registered, etc., civil engineer with municipal governing experience to lead the Public Works Department. The public works director manages large, complex capital projects, ie, transportation (roads, bridges) , water utilities( water, wastewater, drainage), facilities, etc. Further, in a municipal setting, the public works director often serves as the prime technical advisor on capital projects to government personnel and entities. In one instance, the director can be in a ditch and in an another giving a press briefings on a collapsed bridge, flooded roadways, neighborhoods, etc. . In addition to design, construction and maintenance and repair of facilities, structures, and utilities, public works also provides street sweeping, ditch cleaning, tree trimming, light and heavy equipment maintenance and repair, facilities inventory management ( buildings, etc), etc.
Moreover,,in some small locations, the qualifications for the director be a function of size, structure, etc. In such situations the qualifications may be a strong business background, professional management training and education with municipal government experience. Further, in such an organization, the technical expertise may be provided by another staffer, ie., engineering division director. The ultimate responsibility still rests with the Public Works Director.