Sunday, March 22, 2009

Dominica government signs new contract for roadwoks

By Sean Douglas


tane tane road
The Tane Tane sea defense works.

The Government of Dominica has signed contracts valued in excess of $2.8 million for the second phase of the Tane Tane Sea Defence and Road Works Project Phase II and the rehabilitation of the St. Aroment Road.

According to Chief Technical Officer in the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructural Development, Mr. Kendell Johnson, the project at Tane Tane will involve the construction of 200 metres of coastal sea wall, the widening of the existing bridge to accommodate two-lane traffic, the construction of sidewalks, surfacing of a two-lane road and improved drainage.

The contractor for this project is Offshore Civil and Marine Inc. The project will last for twenty-six weeks.

Total cost of Phase II funded by the Dominica Social Investment Fund and the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) is $1.5 million EC dollars.

Phase I of the Tane Tane Sea Defence and Road Works was completed last year at a cost of $3 million.

The rehabilitation of the St. Aroment Road will provide for the construction of a new road base and new asphalt surfacing for approximately 1km. Total cost of the St. Aroment Road rehabilitation is $1.3 million. The duration of this project is five weeks.

This cost is being met by the Government of Dominica. The project will be undertaken by the Public Works Department.

The rehabilitation of this road comes months following the completion of major road works on Federation Drive in Goodwill. That project was executed by the Public Works Corporation at a cost of $1 million ECD.

In attendance at the contract signing ceremony were Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, Minister for Public Works and Infrastructural Development, Hon. Rayburn Blackmoore, Minister for Economic Development and Urban Renewal, Hon. Julius Timothy, Minister for Housing, Lands and Telecommunications, Hon. Reginald Austrie, Permanent Secretary, Mr. Nicholas Bruno and officials from the Dominica Social Investment Fund and the Public Works Corporation.
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