127 million East Coast Road reconstruction

(From Left) Hon. Octavia Alfred, Minister of Education, Human Resource, Planning, Vocational Training and National Excellence; Hon. Cozier Frederick, Minister of the Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment; Francine Baron, Chief Executive Officer, CREAD (Below) A section of the large crowd that attended the Castle Bruce community consultation.

Ahead of the start of construction that will transform the road network in the East of Dominica community consultations were recently held in Sineku and Castle Bruce to provide information, and hear the concerns, suggestions and queries of residents' who will benefit from and be impacted by the activities there.  The XCD 127 million East Coast Road reconstruction is part of the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) under the Ministry of the Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment, and is administered by a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and supported by CREAD. The road works will include the sections between Bois Diable and Castle Bruce, and Castle Bruce to Hatton Garden which is approximately 30km. Those areas are particularly vulnerable to heavy rainfall conditions and interventions will include the construction of new bridges and culverts, rehabilitation of roadways, construction of sidewalks, slope stabilization and improved drainage plus street lighting amongst other safety features.