President and Chief Executive Officer of Four Walls Bahamas Michael Fields penned an open letter to Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears yesterday, saying that Village Road businesses are still waiting for an update on the Village Road Improvement Project (VRIP) and a response from the minister to three communications sent to him requesting an official update. “We
Remedial work is being done on resident and business driveways and parking lots that were damaged as a result of the reconstruction of Village Road, Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears said yesterday. Sears, who spoke to members of the media, said the Ministry of Finance is still engaged in negotiations with companies that
The $6.4 million Village Road Improvement Project is substantially complete, according to resident engineer on the project Albrion Symonette. “We have achieved substantial completion on the Village Road Improvement Project,” Symonette told reporters at a press conference on the southern side of Village Road yesterday. “We have completed the contract pavement. So, now that we
For years now, we have witnessed the decline of debate in the House of Assembly, particularly with regard to the budget. Next week, debate will begin in the House on the mid-year budget, which is supposed to be an account of financial and executive progress for the first six months of the fiscal year. It
Village Road businesses are asking the government to approve an “economic stimulus package” to help them make up for losses incurred as a result of an extensive and protracted road improvement program and stay afloat. In a December 9, 2022 letter to Minister of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears, President of Four Walls Squash &