THE PORT Modernization Project will be officially launched here on Friday, July 1. Senator Julian Francis who has responsibility for airports and seaport disclosed that after the official launch the contractor, Aecon Construction Group Inc. will take possession of the property and the worksite. Speaking on the ‘Issue at Hand’ programme on WEFM on Sunday, June 26 Francis said after carnival certain areas will be closed off; alternative traffic routes …
WITH THE CONTRACTOR scheduled to take possession of the site of the proposed new Kingstown container port on July 7, fishers at Rose Place are being urged to accept the compensation package that has been offered so that the area can be vacated and secured. [caption id=
If St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is to recover from the economic blows of the past two years, there is a need for the implementation of a massive capital project in the short term. And the EC$600 million Port Modernisation Project earmarked for Rose Place, Kingstown fits the bill for generating this kind of transformation of the economy, a Vincentian professor has said. “Ideally, a place like St Vincent …
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has signalled the beginning of the construction phase of the Port Modernisation Project in Kingstown, with a signed agreement between the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Sellhorn Engineering based in Germany, and Aecon Construction Group Inc. The signing ceremony was held at Cabinet room on Tuesday, May 4. Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development and Seaports, Yvette Pompey signed on …