Government signed a $504,408 contract with Autland Heavy Equipment Company Limited Tuesday for the rehabilitation of culverts and roads at Fortune Ghut in Carrot Bay.
According to a government press release, the works to be carried out under the contract include building culvert crossings and reinforced concrete box culverts, as well as “reconstruction of a road.”
Premier Dr. Orlando Smith and Communications and Works Minister Mark Vanterpool signed the contract on behalf of government, while Autley Crabbe signed on behalf of Autland Heavy Equipment.
Mr. Vanterpool said in the release that the contract is the latest to be signed under the territory’s Caribbean Development Bank loan-funded rehabilitation works, needed after the record rains of 2010.
“Fortune Ghut in the Carrot Bay area was affected by this storm, and we’ve been working towards this point where we can improve it in the event of future flooding,” Mr. Vanterpool said, adding that the project will be completed “in the not-too-distant future.”
The press was not invited to the contract signing ceremony.
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