Premier refutes Penn’s ‘no money’ claims on WE ferry terminal
Premier Andrew Fahie has rebutted claims that his government has no access to the necessary funding to execute the West End ferry terminal development project.
Fahie, while speaking at a community meeting in the Seventh Electoral District on Wednesday evening, said the money had already been included in a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) loan acquired by the previous National Democratic Party (NDP) government.
The Premier’s statement came in response to a claim by Opposition Leader Marlon Penn on the NDP radio programme earlier this week.
“I can’t believe that someone could get up and tell the people that the money for the West End ferry project is not available,” the Premier said.
“As a matter of fact, you the people need to know that the CDB money was there sitting without nothing happening to it. We didn’t get the loan, that was gotten by the last administration, I thank them for it,” he added.
The Premier claimed that members of the previous administration were not getting along and therefore couldn’t move the money forward for needed projects.
“So, it sat there and generated interest of over $300,000 that you paid back and even didn’t know,” he continued.
The Premier said when his party first entered office, officials from the CDB visited and informed them that they needed to make some decisions about the loan that had been accruing interest all along.
He further related that there was already a list of projects in place that required much more than the $65 million CDB loan funds could have covered.
According to Premier Fahie, it was at this point that his administration sat together as a group and decided on a list of priority projects that needed to be executed for the territory.
“People asking what the At-Large [Representatives] do. We stop you from paying more interest in a loan where you receive without getting anything out of it,” he said.
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Nobody can believe a word from your mouth so it’s best if you sit down and shut up Albert.
Are you calling my Premier F** Albert? I don’t believe you. He is a decent upstanding man in this community and he is not ….
So you’re saying he ain’t ***?
Sure. An Putin ain’t a sociopath.
I meant to thumps up, not down
The perfect Math teacher to produce a pie in the sky mentality
Who can go backwards and ever trust the ndp after 8 years of lies lies and trying to fool the people?
You rather trust VIP who has had 40+ years of power compared to the NDP 12? 40+ and look at our infrastructure!!!!!!!!
We rather not trust none as the team they are. Independents shall have a say this time around. No attachments but the people of this country. The parties are all out of place
The Frenchmans Cay Bridge!!!!!!!!!!
You shat in our faces and said loud and boasting that it’s c revision would start on Februaru 14. YOU LIED.
The Fisherman/Farmers list
YOU LIED
The business stimulus still not known and it’s all tax payers money.
He has no shame, bragging that there is money to build the stupid glass house and our schools are in complete shambles.
People voted for change hoping for a better tomorrow. Did they get it? A resounding NO is the answer…. What did they get?/// nothing….. except a few men and maybe women who have now suddenly become rich…..
But, The people still suffering with same shi++y, slave wages, daily rising cost of already over priced necessities such as food, shelter, water, electricity, transportation, to name a few…
Meanwhile, the infrastructure of the country has deteriorated to new all time lows, with no attention being paid to improving them… The results of such governance will be diasterous for the future of the VIslanders…..
We need a change back to nation and people building leadership.
The BVI is currently a holey vessel and is sinking fast.. Never thought i would see such in my life time, after witnessing magnificent progress over the years…
Feeling sad and broken at what i am seeing..
How can they promise to be able to finance it if they haven’t disclosed the cost to build it. Based on the current design they are going to have to create a landfill the size of lower Manhattan to accommodate the depth and length shown in those promotional pictures with Arabs and Camels passing by. Have the designers even busted the site? There is no way you can accommodate drop off zones, parking and a new two lane road unless you level the adjacent homes and hillside or create a massive landfill in an exceptionally environmentally sensitive zone.
Hurricane Irma was in Sept 2017.
Elections were in Feb 2019.
When was this loan approved and officially in place? I don’t think the then NDP administration would have had much time to do anything with the state the territory was in after Irma.
Well West End Ferry Terminal and the high school will take whatever is left. VIP has rolled their dice for campaign projects. Lets see what the dice say.
years ago the west end ferry dock was estimated at $40,000. And even though it was based on an airport terminal design, it was better than this! Why does West End, the post card gateway to many charter boats, want to look like Dubai, Miami or New York?
Even Miami would have gone through more design vetting. This is an eye-sore and has nothing to do with BVI culture, architecture or identity. You want to look like any place else? This is just the beginning. Egos and payback are at work. Sad… A good functioning spacious ferry dock doesn’t have to look like this wanna-be… I highly doubt public outreach was serious.
Where there is no visión the people perish. F** Albert and his crew are clueless. The ants are small creatures but they are much more organised and smarter than Albert and his team. CLUELESS I SAY.