Dominica: Soufriere and Scottshead roads to be reconstructed

Seven contractors from the Soufriere constituency have been tasked by the Dominican government to repair roads in Soufriere and Scottshead.

Speaking at a contract signing ceremony at the Soufriere Village Council office on Tuesday, Soufriere MP Denise Charles revealed that the projects will be completed at the total cost of over $500,000

In Scottshead, five roads will be reconstructed: four at Savanne Heights and one in Grand Ravine.

“In Scottshead we’re going to spend over $238,000 and the contractors in Scottshead – Tony Bernard, George Johnson, Heskeith Mitchel and Byron Hunt – will construct the roads for us,” she said.

“I am happy that because of the vision of this government, when we reconstruct roads that we empower local contractors.

“That means in each village, contractors were selected from the respective villages and that says volumes for our government.”

Thanks

Chairman of the Soufriere/Scottshead Village Council, Heston Charles, expressed his gratitude to government.

“As a community as a whole I want to say thanks to the government.

Ms Charles let me say to you, if I were to sum this up in one phrase, I would say, ‘movements for improvements’.”

Meanwhile, the Honourable Parliamentary Representative noted that other roads will be soon addressed.

“We have one more road to do in Savanne Heights, one major road and we’ll be addressing that soon,“ said Charles.

“I just want to tell the bus drivers who may be listening today, I am aware of the potholes on the road from Pointe Michel to Soufriere and that should be addressed this week.”