Portions of Lee Road on VG remain deplorable
Well many of the sister islands are facing much of the same issues. Our roving camera was in Virgin Gorda (VG) on Friday February 16, 2018 and noted that portions of Lee Road is in a deplorable condition.
There are big muddy potholes, water running on the road and many automobiles dodging water, mud, and debris.
The situation has gotten so bad that cement blocks were placed in the area to divert the water that runs along the road and which has contributed to the conditions.
One VG resident told our newsroom that the Public Works Department (PWD), on occasions, do come by to try and fill up the potholes.
Where is the money?
Even before Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Territory’s infrastructure has been bad, although the Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) is said to have spent some 12 Million plus on roads. It was Just over a year ago that Hon Vanterpool disclosed in the House of Assembly of December 2016 that his Ministry spent $12.3 as of November 31, 2016 on road works, leaving a balance of $3.7 in the loan fund of the $16 million borrowed from the Social Security Board in April 2015.
Following the hurricanes of September 2017 things have gotten even worse and with constant allegations that the National Democratic Party (NDP) led by the 73 year old Premier, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) left the country broke, it remains unclear when the public will see improvements in the road networks outside of some short term patching or asphalt been thrown on roads once the public and civil society complain.
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