Road Town, as the territory’s capital and the “economic engine” of the Virgin Islands, needs to move way up on government’s list of priorities, and that’s what Mark Vanterpool plans to do if he’s elected to represent the Fourth District, he told residents who attended the National Democratic Party’s “grand rally” Saturday night.
The current government, Mr. Vanterpool said, has neglected Road Town and the Fourth District, which has resulted in “great economic activity being lost.”
To get Road Town to “look, feel, and, my God, smell like a capital city,” Mr. Vanterpool, who calls himself “The Action Man,” said he hopes to get rid of the Wickhams Cay Development Authority and create a City Development and Management Board. This body, he said, would be responsible for all development from Gene Hill to Slaney, even though this broad area — the same covered in the Road Town Development Plan — includes parts of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Districts.
“There will be no other conflicting boards or groups, ladies and gentlemen, with the development of the capital,” Mr. Vanterpool said.
See the Sept. 22, 2011 edition for full coverage.