Good day and God's Blessings to everyone. I am happy to see us moving forward with this project to construct a new fit-for-purpose building which will house the Department for Disaster Management (DDM) and the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), two crucial components of our disaster management apparatus.

Local construction company Tarris Hill Construction Ltd. was awarded the contract for repairs to the Valarie O. Thomas Community Centre.

Motorists are advised that due to a concrete pour taking place at the Little Dix Hill work site there will be no through traffic on Thursday, 14 January from 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The public is advised that the lower part of Fort Hill (from Qwomar Trading up to the intersection with Bau Bau Gene Hill) will be closed to ongoing traffic on Tuesday, January 5 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Mister Speaker, it has been some time since my last update on the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme. 

The public is advised that road demolition works at the Hope Hill Project site continues and the road will be closed to ongoing traffic on Friday, December 4 from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

The Marine Base of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force is expected to be transformed to a 24/7 operation that is bigger, better and able to weather any storm on the completion of the $2,010,000 million-dollar project.

The Government of the Virgin Islands is moving forward with its recovery programme with the signing of Deeds of Contribution to enhance two law enforcement buildings in the Territory—the Magistrate’s Court and Road Town Police Station.

I am happy to be here once again, moving forward with the recovery of our public infrastructure, since the damages caused by the Hurricanes of 2017.

Officials from the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) met with residents of Hope Hill Community last evening as the agency prepares to execute road rehabilitation and slope stabilisation in the area.