PM Browne Announces $35 Million Road Infrastructure Project for Barbuda
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has unveiled an ambitious $35 million road infrastructure project aimed at significantly improving the road networks across Barbuda.
Speaking at the official opening of the new Barbuda International Airport, Browne highlighted the government’s commitment to ensuring that the island’s infrastructure matches its growing economic potential.
The project is being funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, and according to the Prime Minister, the funds have already been secured. “We are not just making promises; we have the money in hand.
This $35 million investment will be the first step in upgrading Barbuda’s roadways, which is critical as we continue to build out the island’s infrastructure,” Browne said.
While acknowledging that the funds will not be enough to cover all the roads in Barbuda, Browne revealed that the government has partnered with the Peace Love and Happiness (PLH) project to ensure the island’s road development is fully realized.
“Beyond the initial funding, 50% of the transfer taxes collected from PLH will be dedicated to further road construction,” he added, signaling the government’s intention to invest an additional $50 million in Barbuda’s road network over the next few years.
The Prime Minister emphasized that these road improvements are crucial for the ongoing development of the island, particularly in light of the luxury tourism and real estate projects currently underway.
“We are positioning Barbuda to become a high-end, sustainable island destination, and infrastructure like modern roadways is essential to making that vision a reality,” Browne said.
The government expects to begin significant work on the road project in 2025, marking a new phase of development for the island.
Browne also assured residents that this investment would create jobs and improve transportation, helping to further integrate Barbuda into Antigua and Barbuda’s economic framework.
With several other projects, including luxury resorts and a new seaport facility, already in the pipeline, this road infrastructure plan forms a central part of the administration’s broader vision to transform Barbuda into a self-sustaining and prosperous community.
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Sad to see that my kids won’t be able to see the same natural, untamed beauty of Barbuda that I have. Most people have never seen it that way, and as such can’t appreciate what is being lost.
Now ? Joke He making. How he soo Back Way and Dum. ” That is putting the Cart Before the Horse “. International Airport in a Grossly Underdeveloped Codrington. Anna The infrastructual development of a Community which resemble a draconian Rural Area that should be transformed first and foremost.
He is such an unattached corrupted Leader. But the Former Head of The CBI [ The Canadian ], said ” He has a cognative inability to recognise ” common sense … and in particular the ” errors of his ways _ which is his M O
Please Mr. Prime minister, before you invest that money, I am begging you please to use some to pay all the outstanding social security payments please, some outstanding for more than THREE years. People are struggling, people are hurting, people are losing. It’s hard haaad haad for many of us.
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