GOVERNMENT AND CIE SIGN ROAD REHABILITATION CONTRACT FOR VIEUX FORT NORTH, CASTRIES, AND MARIGOT ROADS

As of Wednesday, June 15, 2022, rehabilitation works on the community roads in Vieux Fort North and Castries will get underway. The deplorable conditions of these roads have been in the public domain for some time now.

At a rather low-keyed ceremony on Thursday, June 2, 2022, the contract was formally signed between the Government of Saint Lucia, represented by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ports,, and Transport and Construction and Industrial Equipment (CIE) Ltd.

The Government side was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ports, and Transport, Ivor Daniel, while Team Leader Rayneau Gajadhar, and engineer Pawan Joshi represented Construction and Industrial Equipment Ltd.

Seventeen roads (eleven in Vieux Fort North, six in Castries) have been identified for repair under the rehabilitation project:

The Vieux Fort North Rehab Works will encompass:

Viancelle Road	Aldonza Lane main road
Aldonza Lane connection	Perineau Lane – Dimaye
Pierrot Gap Loop Road	Pierrot – New Road Connection
Pierrot Playing Field	Pierrot Playing field to main road
Campeche Road	Tierre Vent
Asur Caye

Ryan O’Rielly, a community leader in the Pierrot welcomes the initiative. He is particularly pleased with the work that will be done on the field. “…In all honesty, from my personal standpoint, I welcome the contract. Especially the playing field, because [this] was a project that was long overdue…..” Ryan says. He also expressed his view about whether the roads will be constructed of concrete or asphalt, so as to get the local man a slice of the pie.

The Castries Rehab works which are also most welcomed will include:

1.     Rehabilitation of Barre St. Joseph Road
2.     Rehabilitation of Marchand Road
3.     Rehabilitation of Beaubeauville Road
4.     Ravine Toutreille Road Rehabilitation
5.     Rehabilitation of Trou Rouge Road
6.     Rehabilitation of Marigot Road

The rehabilitation project will be executed through a finance-build arrangement. CIE looks forward to delivering the highest quality of work throughout these projects to the residents within the mentioned communities.

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