Around $2million for community enhancement works says, Minister of Infrastructure

This funding will be used for demolition works, creation of more sidewalks, gazebos and parks throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“We’ve gotten a significant uptick in funding in this last supplementary, so we’re going to push forward again with our community enhancement program which we’ve got just under and additional $2million and that’s going to be used for demolition work, creation of more sidewalks, more gazebos at key locations, ”Robinson said during an interview with The SUN. “We’re going to identify getting some parks done at some of the locations that have existing parks and having jungle gyms because it is important that throughout all of the communities within the country that persons have a place to take their kids to have some level of recreation.”

Robinson added that outside of CP, his Ministry will be starting some more road pavements and road refurbishments.

“We will have again from the capital side, various capital projects that are moving forward at the evaluation stage, so hopefully we are able to award some of those contracts within the next several months to be able to move forward and start. One of those big projects…and I am sure that the residents of Grand Turk are going to be happy to know that we were able to award the two bridges in Grand Turk, one on Pond Street and the other one near the Ona Glinton Primary School…so the West Road Pond bridge as well,” he explained.

In addition, Robinson further stated that once those big pieces of infrastructures goes in and they do the infilling of that area as well that’s going to show some significant uplift.

He continued: “Of course there are other projects as they are at the stage that we can award them, we will make those announcements so that persons can know that these are the things that are happening and probably go to a graphic design place and billboards saying that they’re coming soon so that people know that we’re not just here talking but we’re actually leveraging our hard working team here at the Public Works Department and the Ministry as a whole.”