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The architect supervising work for the YIDA project at Coconut Hall and Guiana Island has reported that 8 miles (5 kilometers<\/g>) of road<\/g>, four lanes wide, are being constructed on the Antigua side of the project. <\/p>

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He reportedly told Cabinet that two lanes will be paved within the next two weeks; the planting of utilities below the surface will take place on the side where the other two lanes are to be paved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the face of criticism over environmental practices, the government said 70 acres of mangrove are to be preserved in a Nature Preserve.<\/g><\/p>

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Yida is also building a ceramics factory, 500,000 square feet large the government has said.<\/p>

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A statement said much of the electricity to be utilized will come from solar and wind energy plants that will be constructed to power the industrial factories; they will be constructed at the southern end of the acreage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A small tank farm, storing fuels, will also be constructed not far from the power plants owned by the Government. <\/p>

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Additionally, more than 2,000,000 square feet of factory space will be built on the site, creating more than 300 permanent jobs for Antigua and Barbuda citizens and residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Job creation is the first priority of the project managers,” the government said.<\/p>

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It was revealed that one-third of the land will be set aside for manufacturing.<\/g><\/p>

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“A 40- to 60-acre<\/g> area is to be set aside for a nursery where 100,000 trees will be nurtured; they will be transplanted all over the YIDA project in order to make the land very attractive. Green grassy areas will also be grown for a golf course, as well as near the shoreline, in order to preserve the high quality of the shoreline water.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government says five resorts are to be built on the site “and the YIDA group intends to be very good stewards, good neighbours, and good environmentalists.”<\/p>\n

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