Focus is on Sandy Point
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - ROAD resurfacing work along the island main road has resumed and residents in the Sandy Point area will see major work being undertaken.
Currently, there are large potholes and dusty roads that plague the area as residents have continuously complained of the state of the roads over the last several months.
Works were paused due to, among other things, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Federation.
Senior Engineer at the Public Works Department, George Gilbert said that workers would be undertaking milling in that area as they seek to fix the deplorable road in the western corridor of the island.
While speaking on the radio recently, he explained that the engineers would be removing the black asphalt on the surface of the road, continue the milling before applying the crushed base on the road, and then apply the new asphalt on top.
“So, the people of Sandy Point, I know you have been patient and I know you have been inconvenienced, and I recognise your cry and I recognise your pain and I want to say this morning that we are going to try all in our power to expedite the work in Sandy Point, so that you can have one of the best roads on the island,” assured Gilbert.
The resurfacing of the roads from Conyers to Sandy Point forms part of the Government’s overarching project to resurface all of the island’s main roads.
That project was launched back in 2018.
Meanwhile, Gilbert explained that work on marking Wellington Road and sections of Cayon would continue, and persons traversing those locations are asked to do so with caution.
Speaking on WINN FM, Gilbert pointed out that the additional section on Wellington Road is not for overtaking, but for emergency purposes.
“What is happening there to there...to the south, we call it a layby, is for you to pull off and for you to service your car and for you to answer your phone. It is not really for you to overtake the other person. It is for you to pull off and to make a stop,” Gilbert advised.
