Minister for Public Works and Ports, Miriam Blanchard, has disclosed that a road rehabilitation project is to take place from the junction in Pont Casse to Tarish Pit.
The statement was made at a town Hall meeting in Petite Soufriere on Wednesday, April 26th, 2017.
Blanchard, with excitement in her voice, told those gathered at the meeting that, “more importantly,” the road will be enhanced with street lights.
“Those of us who drive that road at night, know how dark it is to be on that road and God forbid anyone of us would have a flat tire or something, we wouldn’t want to stop on that, or people who want to drive and use their cell phones; nobody would want to drive on that road. Ladies and gentlemen your government is aware of that and we are doing something about it with that new project, rest assured,” she said.
She said that parallel to the government’s goal of building back better, her ministry will ensure that the new project is done in such a way that despite any form of natural disaster, “we will still have our roads and bridges standing.”
“That project that I speak about is going to be done and guided by our ‘Build Back’ principle, and I think that is important,” Blanchard said.
She added that a consultant has been selected and estimations and designs will be provided to the Ministry by Friday April 28th 2017 so as to calculate an estimated cost for the government.
“Finally we are moving forward with this project, and I as the Minister for Public Works, I want to give you a committment tonight that I will ensure that resources are put to reviewing those designs and those estimates to go out to tender as soon as possible,” she remarked.
The project comprises of the complete resurfacing of 4.5 kilometers of that road, replacing of all culverts, and the inclusion of proper drains.
Safety measures including metal guard railings, road markings and reflective road studs will also be included.
I will be happy if this promise is kept. Shorter distance getting to the Airport.
I’m honestly wondering if Tarish Pit ought to have a name change. You see the whole of the west coast is becoming a tarish pit so I find it all very confusing. Parish Tit ?
Madam minister, you guys lack political will and ploy… You guys got no plan at all… It’s like a big big propaganda…
What about the road from pond casee to Rosalie, Riviere Cyrique, morne jaune, laplain n Boetica n Delices.
Do you all think that the people ate some backward hence deserving of no progress. The most upsetting thing is that the whole South East n East is Labour yet most bad roads n other bad things..
South East folks need to protest.. Protest until they fix the roads.
In Dame Eugenia time the roads were tops. Mellotier n rush n Tompkins.
Am i seeing correctly? A road rehabilitation from Pond Case to Tarish Pit was held in a townhall meeting in Soufriere.
Townhall meetings are suppose to be kept in communities where the event is going to affect. These meeting were suppose to be kept in communities along the road where the villagers will be affected rrom Pond Case to Tarish Pit. What is going on Miss Blanchard?
What about the financial assistance that was signed by miss Powel and the personnels who are sitting looking at the letters and the institution are reminding us of the money Alas those who are in charge to put forward the checks. alas
its a new permanent secretary. Am calling you to take charge please of the last year assistance that was signed by the former permanent secretary
Gosh I get excited at the thought of streetlights too. I really do. Just writing the word makes me tremble. How exciting ! And I see someone decided that the Central Forest Reserve needed crotons. What a fabulous idea. I always think mother nature needs a bit of a helping hand. She can be a little rough around the edges and we have to put the tourists first of course. Wonderful developments !
Beautifully expressed!
In the 1950’s Ian Nairn, in a book titled “Outrage”, recorded similar visual blights on the UK countryside. Hence, the most sublime landscapes are seen over a foreground of lamp-posts and fake rusticity.
Don’t educate yourselves .Labour comes and goes so where will that leave you. Few of you are management materials this is why you are so subjective, every body should be looking to get to the top and not remain second best.
Ohhh my country dominica am so sad for you, your people don’t look around the Caribbean and look or see there are no country operating in the system like dominica. Pm and his boys go on the road and sell people a dream and the PM knows most of the people have no education and can be easily fool ,why can’t we go in the house where we can set the country development there .when people travel u get smart.your eyes open
Why in heaven’s name would these guys consider lighting a rural area where wildlife live. These artificial lights have the potential to disrupt the function of these animals at night. It is not necessary.
I have driven between North American cities at night and some areas are as dark as the ace of spades. Most everyone has a cell phone, so if they get in trouble help is but a phone call away. These is no need for street lights on that road.
Weh boy!!!!
I honestly thought you guys were serious…..pond case to tarish pit, tarish pit to castle Bruce junction, castle Bruce to petite soufriere and castle Bruce to pagua.
And de non parliamentary rep announces road rehab of 4km of road.
That’s like rehabilitation of a feeder road.
Is this a big joke??????
How can you have a road from Tarish Pit, which is near Stock Farm, to Pont Case? Am I missing something?
Yeh, you missing something..There is a “Tarish Pit” close to pond casse that is operated by Public Works..
lol! wrong tarish pit, this one is next to pont case…
laughable …. Pond Cassee to Tarish Pit?
And just the other day there was talk of a road safety program. why not do that first and then the road? What really is the rush?
And if is those lights like those on the chinese and stadium bridge that actually DO NOT WORK, we pwee!!
Looks like town hall meetings replaces meetings of parliament; what kind of f ….ing country is that now nuh. The PM boast from last election parliament will be meeting frequently – twice a year is frequent? meeting on the verge of the time required is frequent? and those of us who know better seat and encourage this nonsense. Matters for parliamentary debate are being done at town hall meetings and just vi -ki- vi and people like the FS and Cabsec and their PS’s giving credence to that BS. While former administrators who know better and would never have accepted that during their tenure as cabsecs, fs’s and PS’s seat by and say nothing. Dominica where are your men of principle where are your men of courage. Who is going to lead us in putting an end to this nonsense?? would for example Charles Saverin as General Secretary of the CSA at the time of PJ allow that mendicancy to be so rampant? give me a break now!! enough is enough.
”OR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DRIVE AND USE THEIR CELL PHONES” ????i
isn’t there a law against that yet ?
I know that I’ll be shouted down on this, but I just can’t get excited about placing street lights along rural country roads. During the day they are a blot on the landscape and in marring the landscape we are compromising our greatest resource.
I also question the safety factor. The pool of light does not extend into the bushes and it is there that danger lurks.
There are other issues connected with LED street lights that warrant consideration; not least the safe disposal of defunct batteries.
I do not support Labour again and never will but I seem to get a sense of seriousness in Blanchard. I wish my idiot parlrep could speak with such passion and conviction.
She said that parallel to the government’s goal of building back better, her ministry will ensure that the new project is done in such a way that despite any form of natural disaster, “we will still have our roads and bridges standing.”
Careful now mother nature doesn’t play, when/ if a volcano erupts and destroys earth let me see it still stand…
Do Independence Ave first all the way to New Town
what about the sultan to warner juction…. where allu priorities are nor… zor fou
Thank God. After 17 years.
What about Morne Bruce road? this road is a real mess. Tourist are complaining. common man. Is it because the PM is no longer living there
Yes because morne daniel got a face lift recently.