The Ministry of Public Works and Ports has announced that the Boetica Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic from Sunday November 26 to December 1, 2017.
This is to facilitate maintenance work on the bridge.
The works will begin at 9:00 am on November 26 and ends on Friday, December 1, at 6:00 pm.
Residents of the south-eastern part of the island are asked to take note of the closure of the bridge.
The ministry said it apologizes for all inconvenience caused and thanked the general public for their patience and understanding.
The original bridge was destroyed by Tropical Storm Erika in 2015. A Bailey bridge was constructed to replace it but it was severely affected by Hurricane Maria.
Hello and good afternoon my people. Well it really saddens me to see such terrible construction and it makes me wonder if our country is actually making progress. One can look at the base of this bridge and see that just a little rain the foundation will collapse because it’s soft soil with nothing to support it. Our Government gives out many scholarships to students to study Psychology when we actually need Civil Engineers and Architects which would be a better investment . Why can’t our Government have a consultation agreement with an engineering firm so we can build bridges and roads that won’t wash away by storms or hurricanes. Just spend the money to build good structures so we don’t have t keep rebuilding and erecting temporary structures as depicted in the photograph .
It is ti be closed for maintenance work. IT IS STILL STANDING . THATS WHAT NEEDED REGULARLY TO BE DONE WITH ALL BRIDGES; THEY NEED TO BE MAINTAINED SO THEY CAN MAKE IT THROUGH DISASTERS. STILL STANDING.
Wait, is that a another one of the temporary bridges that they made ‘permanent’?
Vary ki vay just like the government you all voting. Serves you right.
Notice issued: Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 at 9:38 AM
Date of closure: Sunday November 26
Does anyone else see anything wrong with the timing of this notice?
And one wonders why places like Dominica will remain as backward as it is. There seem to be a lack of forward planning. More like planning after the fact (reacting).
Surely the authorities must have been aware of the condition of the bridge before it became a death trap. So if you plan to close a major thoroughfare, ample notice ought to have been given.
I have been looking forward to retiring (part time) in Dominica, and the more I see crap like this, the more attractive places like Florida become. As I get older, my tolerance for that kind of crap gets lower.
Zandoli
Florida getting hurricane frequent too now wee , you dow fraid?
Retiring part time in Dominica ? garcon you foo ? De rest of de time you will spend trying to get some to understand things shouldnt be that way , so is full time employment again .
No retirement ,Da dow have that.
Change your plans. The government and its employees are all corrupt, incompetent, or both. The infrsstructure is failed and not maintained. Ignorance abounds. Racism is widespread with many who will pretend not to be racist to tske advantage. Crime is everywhere. Property and women are at reis. There is no decent healthcare. Pollution is everywhere and worsening, and the environmental damage is widespread. Expats are ripped off by special taxation.
For your information, we from the South East knew about the closure of the bridge long before the fact as the announcement was aired on the radio. Who cares where you retire anyway? We appreciate criticism but the likes of you seem to not know how to make constructive criticism so you could go ahead and retire in “Trump-ville”.
Zandoli I think I changed my mind already
Things are just moving way to slow for me. Dominica is one of those islands that received a lot of help financially and yet there’s really nothing to show for it. I will still love and support Dominica and Dominican but as far as retirement am not sure about that. I do hope they replace that bridge with something better.
This is ridiculous!!!! The bridge was closed on November 22nd at 9am and now we getting notice from the authorities. There were no road signs suggesting when and how long the road would be closed. Got to Dominica on the 22nd and only found out the bridge was closed when I got to the location. Had to walk from the bridge to Delices with my luggage. The first statement in this notice is totally misleading.
I mean simple things like notifying people – suppose there is an emergency in Delices or Boetica, or someone is not doing well and would like to be closer to medical facility they should know of this in advance
”Had to walk from the bridge to Delices with my luggage ”
Countryman dat shouldnt be a problem for you as a Country man , so howcome you didnt see de donkey dat was tied by de side of the road to load your luggage on it .
business opportunity dat wee, $25 ,service man could carry de luggage gi you , but i know you well , you wouldnt want to pay, saying you is a country man, you can carry your greep youself on your own head
dee you made my day this is awesome.I need some more of dat wee.I looking out for you on another blog
Sookooo…. Countryman, so much wayjean fig you carry on your head what happen if you carry a little “grip”?
Green Gold
although de greep soft . i standing at de top of de hill waiting with de crab in me han , for him to stick his finger in de gundi asking me if it bites , and for de greep to fall when he feel de pain ; de greep burs , what you fink fall out of it , all size pan t. 
Is de same fing i trying to tell de man wee . is not becos him go in de merica he should try to tell people he dunno how to carry his own greep .
Now he mericanised it would really be a sight seeing him pull some dry fig leaf to make his tosh to put on his head and carrying his grip ,
Following TS Erica Skerritt and Saint Did a “fool me whilst you can” job on the people of the South East corridor and now the folks who resides there have to put up with more of the bridge inconvenience.Saint Jean was irate that it was taking so long to reconnect the area to the rest of the country,so I wonder what is his feeling now that the disruption to the constituents of that area are being disrupted so soon after.Everything these guys touch just does not last or stand up and I wonder why.The idea to put these containers in the first place was critized as a bad idea and now the critics are proven to have been right.
Breaking News
I hear De Bajan Company been given a contract to come and move de whole ”millions bridge” from Roseau, up to Boetica, and then build a taller one in de Roseau for de Roseau river to now pass underneath .
How you mean i lie ? akx de Vo ney man , why you find that impossible ?
not viy ki viy we doing fings nah .
westay lar .
I think the word you are looking for is INCOMPETENCE
It’s not as if they were not warned Aboutaleb that precarious position of that container, The job was not done properly in the first place after Erika. Poor people of the southeast. May as well stop living there. Reopen that road at Petit Savane for God’s sake.
How do you make that determination and statement to say that the ‘job was not done properly’?
Are you a civil engineering? or do you have any experience in repairing or building bridges ?
From the obvious I take that the answer to these questions as a no. So please, avoid so avoid making such an unjustified claim, to which you have no knowledge off.
unmasked: Are you a civil engineer yourself? or know the engineer who supervised the construction of it? Partly coining your phrase, “From the obvious I take that the answer to these questions as a YES”…! Those containers they placed literally started failing months after they were put there. And besides, just look at the photograph. When we’re adamant on defending mediocracy in engineering design; It will only continue…!
I saw that Bailey bridge recently ,and though accepting it as a temporary structure ,i said that it could not last , but, considering the way things are done here , i knew it was there to stay . that’s a death trap , i pray every time i’m approaching it ; i knew the banks could never last .
A death trap is intended to kill. We on the South East will accept no negative words thrown at us. It is well. God has seen us through and He will continue to do so.
Green Gold
A death trap is likely to take life , be the cause of loss of life ,is a place or vehicle considered very unsafe.
. Reality, and negative have different spelling and meaning ,no matter how you look at it .
God has his eyes open on all travelers all over the island ; thats how i learn to pray so well , under every cliff, i pray , over every precipice i pray , on de side of every mountain , i pray , around every corner, i pray, descending every hillside i pray ; what is there to be negative about that, when i come back and do the same thing again every day .