Mabouya Road Reopens in Grenada, Marking a Milestone for CIE
Drivers can once again travel through Mabouya. Grenada’s Ministry of Infrastructure marked the reopening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, restoring a key route and easing the pressure on the roads through Mont Désir and Mont Granville that carried diverted traffic during the closure.
For Construction and Industrial Equipment Limited (CIE), part of the Rayneau Group, the reopening marks a milestone in the Mabouya Landslip Project. The upgraded road surface, pedestrian walkways and streetlights are the changes people will see first. Behind them was a challenging engineering job on a stretch of road where the government had already taken steps to limit further deterioration.
From a road closure to a reconstruction contract
In June 2024, the Ministry closed Palmiste Lane on Mabouya Road to vehicular traffic, saying the measure was necessary to protect the road from further deterioration. Grenada later included the reconstruction of Mabouya Road in its wider national roads and bridges programme. In January 2026, the government listed the Mabouya Landslip among its design, build and finance projects.
By April, The New Today reported that the government had awarded the Mabouya Landslip works to CIE. In September, Rayneau reported that the project had passed 60% completion, with road preparation, drainage details, safety features and the final driving surface among the items it highlighted for the remaining stages. Monday’s reopening brings that progress into everyday use for the people of St. John.
What the reopening means for St. John
At the ceremony, Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Dickon Mitchell spoke about the difficulty of the engineering and construction and the importance of building the road to last. He also acknowledged what the closure had meant for nearby communities. The roads through Mont Désir and Mont Granville had been carrying traffic they were never intended to handle on that scale.
For residents along the diversion, reopening Mabouya should mean fewer vehicles passing through. For people walking along Mabouya Road, the new walkways provide dedicated space, while streetlights improve visibility after dark. And for drivers making the trip to work, school or local businesses, the main route is back in service.
Mitchell confirmed that some works remain. For CIE and the Rayneau Group, this is a moment to recognise the crews who brought the main section back into service and to thank residents and motorists who adjusted their journeys while the work went ahead.
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