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Residents of Wesley who have given up their properties for the construction of the much-talked-about international airport may have their names inscribed on the walls of the terminal building to be reminded of the sacrifice that they have made for Dominica.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, in making that announcement, said his government has gotten nothing but cooperation from those residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have gotten nothing but cooperation, support, and understanding from everyone who has been affected directly and this is why I believe that these people have to be specially recognized by the country,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe by inscribing their names on the walls of the terminal building, for posterity, for people to be reminded of the sacrifice that these few people made for the greater good of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Skerrit said his government appreciates the sacrifice which the people of Wesley are making, especially those who are directly affected.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I must say I haven\u2019t met one of them who is opposed to this or feels that the government is robbing them,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He argued that most people who are \u201cmaking noise\u201d are the ones who don\u2019t have land in Wesley.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have never displaced the people of Wesley if I did not know within myself that we have the ability now to build the airport,\u201d the prime minister remarked. \u201cThere are people who decided to allow the government to build for them, so we are going to build new residences for those persons who have agreed for new residency.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cAnd we give everyone of them the assurance that they have decided to accept a house from the government that this house will be of high quality and resilient with a proper layout, a functional layout of the floor plan, and this house will be of a higher value that they have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Skerrit went on to say that there are people who decided to accept cash for their property, \u201cthey do not want government house, they do not want government land, there are people who decided to accept cash for their house and a lot in exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n
He mentioned further that in every one of the instances where people have residences, the lot that the government is giving them is 3 to 4 times bigger than the ones they currently have.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all we will allow them to stay in the homes as long as possible, but when we are ready for the airport if those homes we are building for them are not ready, we will give them a rental allowance so that they can have a comfortable accommodation for the period of time they will require,\u201d Skerrit stated.<\/p>\n
In an earlier statement the Prime Minister Skerrit indicated that work on the international airport will begin in the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of Wesley who have given up their properties for the construction of the much-talked-about international airport may have their names inscribed on the walls of the terminal building to be reminded of the sacrifice that they have made for…","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":259595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n