On Monday gone, Poponne-Skerrit presented a Development Plan for Roseau, in which she restated her intent to carry out promises made during her campaign.
Job creation, relieving congestion, upgrading infrastructure and making Roseau more accessible and inclusive are some of the key areas of focus for the newly elected Parliamentary Representative for Roseau Central, Melissa Poponne-Skerrit.
“Creating green spaces like the newly reopened Peeble’s Park represents a fundamental component of any urban ecosystem” and this space, according to her, promotes physical activity, social interaction and recreation that will enhance the health and well-being of people living and working in Roseau.
She said there are also plans to restore and upgrade the Botanic Gardens to include a children’s playground and create an exercising track for adults.
To ease the congestion in Roseau Poponne-Skerrit said there will also be government incentives for the Private Sector to build car parks.
“Designated bus stops have been assigned and there are plans for a Botanic Gardens bypass road to relieve traffic in Roseau,” she explained.
In addition, she indicated that widening High Street will compliment both the bypass and the construction of a new government building.
“Improve sidewalks and the rehabilitation of roads have already begun under the Roseau Enhancement Project with the focus on the environment by utilizing standards and designs that are climate resilient,” she stated.
She said there are also plans to refurbish the market so that it is more aesthetically pleasing for consumers and also to improve on food safety.
There are also plans to implement free accessible WiFi in Roseau which Poponne-Skerrit believes will help to ensure that citizens and tourists are connected to use the media to document their experiences in Roseau. “Which we all hope will be a positive one,” she added.
Meantime, Poponne- Skerrit said the Arawak House of Culture which received damage following Hurricane Maria a few years ago will be upgraded.
“The Arawak Cultural Centre is an iconic venue in the heart of Roseau, by upgrading this venue it will create an insurgent of nightlife with production such as music, performances and live theatre,” she said.
There are plans to restore and upgrade historic buildings such as the Newtown Community Hall, the City Council Block, the Baracoon Building as well as the Roseau Health Centre and the Public Library.
What EXACTLY is a “hater?” Zor sot, sot, sot. Whenever someone disagrees with you,call him/her a hater. Stop watching American TV and adopting the foolishness they spread. hater my foot! the woman has zero experience and is selling you all tons of bridges. Sheep. Mehhhh
“She said there are also plans to refurbish the market so that it is more aesthetically pleasing for consumers and also to improve on food safety.”
Mamzelle doesn’t go Market!!!
Why don’t you go down there and conduct interviews with the Vendors to find out exactly what is needed on the GrassRoots level and not sitting on your High-Horse looking down, before we fix the aesthetics why don’t we focus on the plights of the vendors,,,
The issues at Market is most of the Local produce like peppers, tomatoes and Carrots come from Guadeloupe at list that’s what they told Marn When Marn went there to make some Market,,,
So if you really care about anything lets first bring back the agricultural sector so we can have Homegrown products,,,
Aesthetics can be done later,,,
Well Well those so-called Workers carpenters with lots of chips on their shoulders is at it once more barking like mad they could not destroy prime minister Skerrit by attacking him, now they trying to see if they could give his wife Poponne a break down but haters and evildoers don’t worry she is very much a intelligent and strong woman none of you crocodiles will chew her up ha ha ha ha bunch of arrogant children.
They will promise for the next 5 years and keep on fooling the people of Dominica.
The next 5 years and thereafter at this rate.
Keep on repeating yourself Princess Gravitate. Allu doh have money to pay salaries or give raises but promises must be made….hmmmmm. Hopefully they will ALL be kept. Keep on gravitating outwards
Stop beating the dead horse it will not get up and run.
Action speak louder than words, all talk and no work makes the country the devil’s playground.
Madame Skerrit, you don’t need to say that again and again
Your seat is always sure. Just tell the people of Roseau in 2025 you are going to build an international Airport in Roseau and you fix.
Advice to Melissa. The ideas you’re pointing out are great ideas; however, promises without completion are empty. Do not just talk the talk, walk the walk also. DO NOT START all at the same time because you’ll never finish. Great gesture, but you should start one project at a time. Upon completion of each project get started on the other. MOST IMPORTANT FIRST. Oh yes, Roseau is VERY CONGESTED, parking is a disaster, restrooms, etc. The BYPASS, Roseau do need that, not only at the Botanical Gardens. The market should’ve been updated a long time ago, no vendors should take up the sidewalk spaces where there’s already no place to WALK much-less park. DO NOT tell people what you think they want to hear. A PROMISE without completion is EMPTY. Congratulations in pursuit of effort.
All I will say is that Roosevelt Skerrit has made a list of promises for Roseau that has never materialized.
De bypass in the gardens is not a new idea miss…de design has been there even before de lodge was built at it’s proposed exit point.
Nothing new here.
I don’t think anything will happen to the library until fort young hotel is finished with de tons of extra rooms they building.
To say this just because it’s now a DLP seat?????
De boardwalk over de river…you forgot day.
Peebles park is already ongoing…. you can’t take credit for dat…..not even Isaac who was de parl.rep
Private sector building carparks is jobs for the boys.
As parl rep Isaac was pointing out de city council building, baracoon, post office, de market, Roseau health center and de library.
Everything you speak of has forever been highlighted by the thinking opposition….all you did was pancakes and hot dogs for school children.
You can’t be serious
I wonder how Isaac feel.
You sound bitter..get real election is over now development is on a firm footing
nope, but you do sound incredibly naive
looking for the development. Roseau is the ugliest city in the eastern caribbean. for 10 years now they have had plans. nobody cares about what these people want to do or dont want to do. blablablablabla. what they need to do is complete work that has been ongoing for the past 5 years befopre taking on more than they can chew.
Superficial pie in the sky, that’s what we keep on getting from these empty vessels instead of sorting out the main issues first. Roseau is a smelling cesspit and that needs to be addressed first and foremost. But for that they have not got enough money nor do they have the political will to create something really beneficial long term. Only short pre-election promises is what we getting from this lot. Go back to New York and keep on working in that job you really good at.
You arerright there. I watch the opening of carnival and Roseau still a smelly cesspit and looking so untidy And people still peepee in the street.That is our capital? How can I be proud of that mess.
Parl rep but who writing those koochoonee for you. Come one think. it seem Roseau gong to reach by the Port up Goodwill, Elmshall and Citronier.
gench chill out and look to see . You do not even understand the City of Roseau .Read again She said there are also plans to restore and upgrade the Botanic Gardens to include a children’s playground and create an exercising track for adults.
To ease the congestion in Roseau Poponne-Skerrit said there will also be government incentives for the Private Sector to build car parks.
“Designated bus stops have been assigned and there are plans for a Botanic Gardens bypass road to relieve traffic in Roseau,” she explained.
In addition, she indicated that widening High Street will compliment both the bypass and the construction of a new government building.
“Improve sidewalks and the rehabilitation of roads have already begun under the Roseau Enhancement Project with the focus on the environment by utilizing standards and designs that are climate resilient,” she stated.
She said there are also plans to refurbish the market so that it is more aesthetically pleasing for…
bull….. an exercising track? laughable. highly laughable. These insignificant things you all propose are less than a drop in the bucket in other countries. but you all act like it is gold you offer. an exercise track. in other countries i see outdoor exercise machinery in car parks and on almost every block. i see no improved sidewalks except SOME of kennedy ave. only road rehabilitated was high street. all of which was around elections time.
gench your comment does not complement what she said. Read again. Point out the cochonee u talk about. Read I say again and if u do not undertand let someone explain. do you look at developments of Roads etc. Did u see what is happenning in
Roseau for example from KFC to the Bridge. Your comment and I quote “arl rep but who writing those koochoonee for you. Come one think. it seem Roseau gong to reach by the Port up Goodwill, Elmshall and Citronier” does not address anything she said. Be thoughful and stick to facts as stated not what you think you read or heard. Be objective and look at each item individually and comment on them one by one. High time for you folks to read, understand one step at a time.
Mrs. Poponne-Skerrit should make you her spokes person. She (Melissa) is promising utopia. Only a naïve, credulous , easily misled fool will believe anything that emanates from this woman and her corrupt husband’s mouths. How much longer will people like you (???????) carry water in a basket for the most notorious LIARS on this planet?
And to complete the post office building. Place well kept public washrooms and space/access for our disabled. Disabled not mentioned at all. All you forget them.
Good go on licking your wounds! The 18 to 3 syndrome seems contagious! The King 👑 of campaign has began, just wait another 4 years.
You all are nothing but haters and howlings. She has enumerated her plans for Roseau and it sounds very encouraging. She would like to see Roseau become the Cinderella of all the Caribbean cities and the darling of the West. Sounds great. Lennox will never be a Prime Minister. Take it or leave it.
“Roseau becomes the Cinderella of all Caribbean cities.” Just a check of reality. Cinderella was an imaginable figure and so is Mrs. Poponne-Skerrit lavish pronouncements. This lady is unaccomplished, unlearned and cannot speak without a script. She is grossly unfit to hold ministerial office. Every public statement she makes has to be prepared by others and thoroughly rehearsed by her before she reads it in public. Melissa is all glitter and no substance.
All the Presidents of the United States have had their speeches well written by speech writers. So what is the problem? The fact is, Lennox will never be a Prime Minister. 18 to 3. We need a handsome and intelligent PM like the late Maurice Bishop.
DS you are ace. FBI AGENT has never seen a beautiful woman in his whole life he prefers the mop heads. Alcalea was shipped from Nigeria in a box, and when he arrived in the air port,he coughed, then they open the box and found him in it. FBI AGENT,STAYED HOME AND MEMORIZED his speech and do nothing.Lukily for him the admin only let go what they want you to know and not what you should know.
No one’s hating. You seem to be an incredibly naive person. I have some bridges to sell you labourites but Skerrit sold out on that already.
But where you going to get the money nou? Skerrit told us this week that the government doesn’t have money is the DLP that have money. If they use the DLP money to do that it will be owned by labor and not by Dominica! I guess the Skerrits will have to cut all their hair on their head and elsewhere to get money because definitely CBI passports in DEEP DEEP financial doodoo to the point that paying salary this month-end is in doubt. So let’s watch and see
Here is a disturbing quote from the Al Jazeera investigation that the Skerrit’s should clear the air on before it gets very bad. I say so because the Americans and international world will not rest until it is truthfully answered:
“The investigation also tracks the story of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. In 2015, just as she was being investigated for multi-million dollar fraud in Nigeria, Dominica’s Prime Minister personally handed her a Dominican diplomatic passport which potentially gave her immunity from arrest. Al Jazeera also asks whether that passport was linked to Prime Minister Skerrit’s family moving into a luxury New York apartment. That’s an allegation which both Diezani Allison-Madeke and Roosevelt Skerrit deny.”
It is in light of this I call on Mr & Mrs Skerrit to read Acts chapter 5 again because maybe if Mr. & Mrs. Ananias had it to do all over again, they most likely would truthfully answer to the questions. I waiting
Ananais,A baby is born with 49 0unces of brain, yours developed learning the wrong things. You are way out of line and well away from the subject. Seeing a beautiful woman is like the gate of Heaven is open. You don’t only have no style but, no soul as well. If you are holding a magic wand, send it to us otherwise everything takes time. Your cheating heart will tell some day.
does she have the slightest idea what she’s talking about??
@Watch Dog, Yes she has a lot more ideas than you would ever have hot dinners!!
Ideas are next to dreams but they are not realities.
@Me, Only in your little sad world, you would not see the woods from the trees
“Man bites dogs” is another Dcan with lower intelligence. Pay him no mind
Watch I think it is you who does not understand. As I indicated to gench go read again and my comments is for the likes of you who only seem to think u know it all, without reading and understanding. Just for criticism sake – what she spoke about is quite clear – gor read again two times -m slower the last time and if u still do not understand then get the services of one who understands and take stp by step. Emancipate yourself from disliking slavery, only u can free yourself. Start looking at the elected parl rep s how you would if it was your son/daughter. Be objective. Wish the lady well for tommorrow maybe your family, friend, daughter, son, sister, brother who will be the parl rep or even the PM. Would you like people to be looking at them as you are looking at this fine young woman who has been working evenn being elected (asked by the people)? Do unto others as u would want for u. Election is done. U have to work with the elected. DA massive until next election.
Lady I admire your courage and determination. It doesn’t matter what you say or do, the haters will use derogatory terms and insults. I admire your steadfast leadership and wisdom. There are more of us who think of you as a person wanting to make a difference, than those who despise you. Let HE that’s without sin cast the first stone, neither will I condemn YOU!
Ma St Joe determination and courage to live a lavish lifestyle is joke
As long as that lavish lifestyle is not at the expense of the tax payers and the country. Nothing wrong with living the life you want if you work for it.
Lol I wish I was that naive. Ignorance is bliss
@Ma St. Joe, those haters are just a few; they have no power except on DNO, but what good is it here for them?
Lady Melissa knows that the majority is with her, she doesn’t need a few grumbling individuals, who are only doing so against themselves.
Haters only suffer their own consequences; it is just too bad that they cannot recognize that truth.
Ah, yes majority through a stolen election. You can tell when people never set foot in Dominica.
Ripe patat: ni-eve (naïve) is and African word. Money go missing, invoices. official forms fall in the wrong hands, no one is disciplined, sacks or charged with embezzlement, yet you do or say nothing. Poponne ,is improving with great ideas and you are against changes and improvements, get off her case.
According to the recently All Jazeera documentary, sometime around 2015 former Nigerian Oil Minister, Diezani Madueke, was handed a Dominica Diplomatic passport by PM Skerrit. Shortly after receiving the passport, according to Al Jazeera, a shell company was formed followed by an apartment building in the upscale of Manhattan, My, right next to the United Nations. That shell company and the apartment building were linked to the wanted Nigirian former oil minister, Diezani Madueke, who is wanted for money laundering and other charges. Shortly after the purchase of the building filed property documents showed that Melissa Poponne Skerrit, was a resident of the building. Then we also have photos of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his family inside the building. Skerrit agreed that his family resided there but according to him it was through the kind gesture of an unknown friend. Who is this friend Skerrit? Who is that friend Melissa? Whose building is it Skerrit and Melissa?
Yes Agent Morne Daniel. Your lies, deceit and money laundering was exposed for the world to see, until you had to go on Q and share crocodile tears. The ex PM and your Lawyer still have to answer for the money laundering. Don’t take the victory walk yet. You have a detailed account of lies and innuendos, but the facts and papers are in the hands of the authorities. None of the Skerrits will be your cell mates.
Remember you viciously spewed lies that the PM would be arrested anytime he lives Dominica 🇩🇲! What happened to that arrest warrant? Now you want to change the story. Do you understand and comprehend the topic! Now Only an angry, dirty, pervasive old man would view this goddess and uter such crap! Views Expressed turn FBI, We are educated enough to know that you call the network. Lennox Linton and his conspirators were the ones who got caught hands in the cookie jar. You propaganda didn’t work and it still not working, wounded knees.
Imagine being this vapid
A fervour lady, recently elected to the house of parliament, plan to rebuild a dilapidated Island with no mother or father needs all the encouragements she can get. Yet .Pilate raise from the dead and called himself FBI AGENT. Evil follows those who believe in evil. Shame on you. Where is your love for country.?
Let’s hope that the Botanic Garden’s bypass road will in fact bypass the gardens. Unless the gardens are given a wide berth traffic noise and fumes will destroy their ambiance.
There are other options for bypassing the town center which could be explored.
Well Roger Burnett share the other options if u see others. give the suffestions my dear. That is inclusive discussion. Who say that one of the options would not be followed instead of the gardens. Stop sitting on the suggestions or saying things without contributing.
With an open mind, walk Bath Road from end to end and you’ll get the gist of one option.
If you want more suggestions, a paper I submitted to Government six years ago contains suggestions for a Roseau development plan. It may still be languishing in filing cabinet in one or other of the Ministries.
I don’t sit on suggestions. I do contribute.
FBI AGENT,that did not prevent MELISSA form kicking your behind.You and your bunch of UWP,CROOKS,TRAITORS and ARSONISTS have been talking that BS for years.You people are like a stuck record player.You will NEVER talk about ALJAZEERA and your EXPELLED FROM HIGH SCHOOL leader.That is why you continue to LOSE election.Same BS just a diffent day…….
Ignorance is bliss and this user owns it
“government incentives for the Private Sector to build car parks.”there is an easy fix for this just build a multi-story parking complex
jamie do manage your garbage. Person like to say as you say and they are the culprits who litter daily. Put garbage out indiscriminatedly everytime, anytime. On thing I know my garbage does not smell as I manage appropriately. It is kept in my bin until the designated day for the trucks to pass. My garbage so well taken care of if the trucks does not come, I have no smell. I line my bins and the bags are properly closed with compostible composted, food, bones in another sack inside the actual sack of garbage. Take note and manage the garbage properly. Ensure u have a covered bin properly lined and not just dumping in the bin because if u do not take care, the bin will smell. Just saying.
Good derp! Come with your proposal – A multi story parking complex. Write the proposal. With the airmarked area too, I see you as a private individual doing great things. Off to the bank you go or look for partners for your proposal. It is not only the government to do everything. You can partner too with them . Go for it derp!
You are rather hyperactive ! Defender of inveterate liars and schemers. Stop twisting yourself into a verbal contortionist to make your demigods ( Melissa & Roosevelt) to be the brightest bulbs in Dominica. They have brought untold misery and darkness to the ordinary people.
More and more empty promises,Roseau smells,and is infested with rats.
jamie do manage your garbage. Person like to say as you say and they are the culprits who litter daily. Put garbage out indiscriminatedly everytime, anytime. On thing I know my garbage does not smell as I manage appropriately. It is kept in my bin until the designated day for the trucks to pass. My garbage so well taken care of if the trucks does not come, I have no smell. I line my bins and the bags are properly closed with compostible composted, food, bones in another sack inside the actual sack of garbage. Take note and manage the garbage properly. Ensure u have a covered bin properly lined and not just dumping in the bin because if u do not take care, the bin will smell. Just saying.
@Jamie, I am not surprise with all that protest so-called Workers clowns keeps having in Roseau.
Did Melissa wake up after her long post-election slumber?
Melissa, correction (again) – DLP did not CREATE green space at Peeble’s Park. The government may have done some restoration work, but the park exised long before Skerrit became prime minister.
@Zandoli, What’s your problem and the point you trying to make come on spit it out.
Yes wee Man bites dogs. Just to look for a tiny hole in a well dressed suit so they can say see a hole. No point really just clear that they do not like the woman. Why ??? I do not know. Now they leave skerrit alone, they turn on the woman.
She did ot say the government created but she said create green spaces like peebles park. I thought that is what I read. Stop twisting to satisfy your own mind.
Green space does not mean built from scratch renovation also means creating green space we all know when the park was built but what was the condition then and now.
U look doom u sound doom when u telling your lies keep your head up let the world see you inside out you only there for what you can get shame shame Dominicans will hear more later am in the window watching.
JAH KAL before u stay in the window watching why not come outside and help to build a dynamic Dominica. Come see what u can contribute befor u talk of lies. When talk of the Stadium, they say it was a lie. When talk of the riverside enhancement, they say is a lie, when talk about the apartments for the Petit Savanne people, they say is lie. When talk of other apartments, they say is lie. JAH KAL come out because if you stay in the window u will not see the light. All the lies have come true. Get out , sortir en fenetre la. Venir dewar for you to see what is happenning around. Don’t let the train live you. Move from that deception group only saying is lie but not doing anything that is truth.
Ignorance is bliss. Help Skerrit? Don’t be a sheep or a fowl
where ignorance is bliss, it is funny to be wise. you cannot relieve your stress from here. Have you seen a lame duck.? good, better, best