$4M contract signed for Cane Garden Bay sewer network
Connect Enterprise Ltd has been awarded a four-million-dollar contract for the procurement and installation of a new sewer network system in Cane Garden Bay.
The contract, valued at just under four million dollars, was officially awarded after a four-year delay, according to Second District Representative Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull. Speaking at the signing ceremony on Monday, February 5, Turnbull emphasised the importance of the project.
“For many years, the people of Cane Garden Bay have endured the inconvenience, health hazards, and constant overflow of sewage from the thirty-six pump stations installed years ago from bridge to bridge,” Turnbull stated.
He described the project as a major priority since he was first elected in 2015 and reaffirmed his commitment to seeing it through.
“I congratulate the winning contractor, Connect Enterprise Ltd., and their partner, Cube Root, whose professionalism and expertise span over twenty years,” he added.
Long-standing sewerage concerns
During an Opposition forum in October 2023, Turnbull voiced deep concerns about the unused Cane Garden Bay sewerage treatment plant, describing it as a missed opportunity that has cost the British Virgin Islands dearly.
“Cane Garden Bay has a sewerage treatment plant… that is down there whistling,” Turnbull said, highlighting that while the physical plant is in place, the necessary pipeline connections (laterals) have yet to be installed to channel sewage into the facility for treatment.
He stressed that despite multiple contracts being awarded since 2020, no meaningful progress had been made to activate the system.
As one of the territory’s primary tourist destinations, Cane Garden Bay has long struggled with persistent sewerage issues. This new contract marks a significant step in addressing the problem and ensuring a cleaner, healthier environment for residents and visitors alike.
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Must have finally found the best contractor to give back the best kickback.
How many people have been paid to “fix” this problem?
I asked the same question.
Again….hmmmm.
Another long-standing unfinished project, showing the incompetence of our rulers.
“I congratulate the winning contractor, Connect Enterprise Ltd., and their partner, Cube Root, whose professionalism and expertise span over twenty years,” he added.
Hard to see this when Connect only started their Facebook Page in 2019 and Cube Root only started their company in 2022. Neither feature in the BVI Chamber of Commerce Business Directory.
Who are these people with 20 years experience?
Who is going to check the work is done before the payments are made?
Who is going to check where the payments go to?
Also, will they be required to provide a performance bond, and, were they required to lodge a Bid Bond
Some big hotel owner complaining about local stench
Welcome to paradise
Again?!?
and you all wise guys and girls want a bigger airport?
Do you not connect that once you have thousands more people flying in here every month they will need to stay in thousands more buildings that we have not built yet and they will need, among other infrastructure upgrades, whole new sewerage treatment systems?
That’s just the sewerage. Roads is another.
All three of these will mean major damage to the environment that attracts people here in the first place.
CGB is a perfect microcosm of how endless expansion is not the solution to our economic, environmental and healthy well-being.