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The government is blaming the Caribbean Development Bank for the delay in commencing physical road works with grant money from the United Kingdom.<\/p>

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The CDB is the executing agency for the British grant money but government\u2019s Chief of Staff Lionel Max Hurst says \u201cdelays were occasioned by the lengthy CDB processes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He says the grant totaling \u00a313.9 million Pounds Sterling is already being spent, \u201cbut the roadwork is not expected to commence until November 2017\u201d<\/p>

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According to the government, another delay has been the \u201cunavailability of working crushers to provide the material coming from the quarries.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cTwo expensive crushers were purchased and installed\u2014also meant that work is delayed until the new crushers are ready,\u201d it\u2019s spokesman added.<\/p>\n

The first major highway to be rehabilitated under the British grant program will be the Friars Hill Road, from Cedar Grove to just past the Public Cemetery.<\/p>

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The second will be Airport Road (Sir George Walter Highway) from the airport to Sir Sydney Walling Highway.<\/p>\n

Other major roadways will be repaired using the Government\u2019s own resources according to Hurst.<\/p>

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He says Public Works has built a cement plant, purchased six cement trucks and is preparing to undertake a multi-million-dollar road rehab programme.<\/p>

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