{"id":7260,"date":"2017-09-14T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T13:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=7260"},"modified":"2017-09-14T09:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T13:35:37","slug":"new-generators-purchased-for-barbuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/new-generators-purchased-for-barbuda\/","title":{"rendered":"New generators purchased for Barbuda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Government has purchased two new generators for Barbuda as officials seek to restore power to the island.<\/p>

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Chief of Staff Lionel \u201cMax\u201d Hurst said in his Cabinet minutes that the Cabinet also agreed to get sufficient high voltage wires, and wires to reconnect homes\u00a0on the hurricane-ravaged island.<\/p>\n

These electrical supplies will be shipped to Antigua from the United States by this weekend.<\/p>

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Hurst said other electrical equipment along with transformers that \u201cwill enable the restoration of an electric supply to all of Barbuda will follow\u201d,\u00a0and will be completed by early to mid-November.<\/p>

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He revealed that purchasing these supplies, shipping them to Antigua, transporting them to Barbuda and having Antigua Public Utilities Authority\u00a0(APUA)\u00a0personnel install the poles and lines, and start-up the power plants\u00a0will cost the government approximately $5 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be among the first steps towards returning normalcy to Barbuda. A report to the Parliament will follow on all the expenses which would have been incurred,\u201d Hurst noted.<\/p>

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Meanwhile, two experts dispatched by Hollywood actor and investor in the Paradise Found project Robert\u00a0De Niro have told Cabinet that one of the engines remaining on Barbuda is still in good shape.<\/p>\n

The men, along with APUA\u2019s electricity engineer, visited the sister island and inspected APUA\u2019s power and reverse osmosis plants.<\/p>

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Hurst said it has been determined by the experts that although the lines have been destroyed, the planting of new poles should begin immediately.<\/p>

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He added,\u00a0\u201cAll except five lampposts have been blown over, almost all snapped by the powerful winds of Irma. The transformers have virtually all been destroyed, and there is a need to start all over, in order to restore electricity to the entire island.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both men have also said that damage to the reverse osmosis plant system is not as extensive as \u201cthey would have expected\u201d.<\/p>\n

They have concluded that a\u00a0standby power plant, a pump and new storage tanks could provide potable water to the island.<\/p>\n

However, resupplying Codrington with pipe-borne water can only take place after all the leaks, to and in homes, have been plugged.<\/p>\n

De Niro has also pledged to make a significant contribution to the rebuilding efforts of Barbuda.<\/p>\n

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