Road Town sewerage upgrade expected to commence in early May
Persons traversing the Road Town area on a daily basis can expect a disruption in traffic next month as the Ministry of Works is expected to begin upgrading the sewerage system in early May.
Speaking at the Road Town Sewer Network Upgrade community meeting last night, Works Minister Kye Rymer said he anticipates the project should start in another two weeks once all the manholes covers that were ordered arrive.
He said the ministry has already procured the pipes that will be used in the project, and everything is just about ready to start.
The Road Town Sewerage upgrade comes on the heels of an upgrade to the network in Pasea two weekends ago where 800 feet of sewer lines were added. Rymer noted that the ministry will add a further 1,100 feet of sewer lines and it will start from the burial ground at Joe’s Hill and culminate at the round-a-bout in Road Town.
“We understand that development is ongoing, and we have seen the social security project on Joe’s Hill and we continue to see businesses growing in our community and our population continue to grow. We are expecting that once these projects come online, our sewerage system would be able to accommodate what is happening,” Rymer said.
“So, with this presentation done by the ministry, it would be addressing what exactly will be taking place and the timeframe and we would just like to let you the public know that there will be some disruption in the system and be mindful of what we are doing. We have collaborated with the different utility companies in the territory to ensure we have everything mapped and in place once this sewage project gets going,” the Works Minister added.
Meanwhile, project manager Bernard Grant said a lot of work has been done behind the scenes and his team in the ministry had identified the need to be proactive with the Road Town Sewer System and not reactive.
Grant said planning has been ongoing since last year.
“As was said earlier, we expect the arrival of the sewerage manholes sometime in the first week of May … We’ve estimated that if it arrives in the first week, we will begin in the second to third week we will begin construction on the ground. We are asking the public to work with us as with any development there will be some sort of inconvenience and we endeavour to minimise these inconveniences as possible and to work along with commercial and residential people,” Grant said.
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No mention of repairing the sewage plant at Burt Point…..Slaney coastline and Sea Cows Bay harbor will be forever smelling $#itty
Planning going on way longer than a year Grant. You should give the 2 engineers who started the process with social security their props. You all wicked.
hunm! all im going to say is that water bills to high i believe these locals are over charging to water bills for some people 2000 and 3000 dollars what the hell is going on with these people ? government needs to do something about this!!! enough!
so all that water wasting like that on the roads now they are making bills for the comunity to pay? really!!! hunm i wonder if people are so stuped to pay those water bills this is too much vhrudd!!! kasttive
JUST LIKE LAST ELECTION / NEXT THING THEY WILL LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, THEY SQUANDERING OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY AND NOW EVEN THE ATHLETES WHO PUTTING THE BVI ON THE MAP IS BEING DISRESPECTED BY NOT BEING TAKEN CARE PROPERLY THEY HAVE TO HOPE THEY GET DONATIONS ? LORD HELP US
When will we see a proper working sewage treatment plant? A sewage system at West end ? Stopping the direct discharge into the sea ? Regular water testing for swimming areas with accurate results made public?
One fridge; one fan and one computer. Do those appliances really use a lot of current?
Have seen the bill escalate over the years, recently, it has gone through the roof. $10.00 more this month from last month. How could that be legal when no additional power is being used?
The bill is now quickly approaching $100.00.. That is criminal..
Internet, electricity, water and food, they are all ripping people off.
I have one question has the sewage system been upgrade to handle the extra load of sewage coming from the Joe’s Hill Housing Project. As we all know such a development should of have its own treatment Plant. The units are 50 and would possible generate 150 Persons.I hope the social Security would reconsider and put in a treatment plant.
Smh again with this ?