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Recovery and Development Agency

January 23, 2023

EDITORIAL: New ESHS buildings light the way for Irma recovery

It’s about time. Kudos to the Recovery and Development Agency, the government, contractors and everyone else who worked together to finally complete the new Elmore Stoutt High School buildings. As …

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by BVI Beacon
ESHS opening
November 10, 2022

Recovery and Development Agency to get three more years

The Recovery and Development Agency — which was established to oversee major recovery projects after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the territory in 2017 — will be allowed to continue …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
October 14, 2022

Temporary classrooms to be demolished

As the Recovery and Development Agency works to complete four new buildings on the main campus at Elmore Stoutt High School, it signed a contract for demolition of the temporary …

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by The BVI Beacon
September 29, 2022

Loans worth $50 million sought for recovery

The government is seeking at least $50 million in new loans to fund hurricane recovery projects, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said during a press conference on Friday. “I’m hopeful …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 23, 2022

Recovery and Development Agency hosts procurement workshop

During a procurement workshop hosted by the Recovery and Development Agency on Tuesday, RDA CEO Anthony McMaster and other officials explained the procurement process in detail and fielded questions from …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 5, 2022

Recovery and Development Agency boss fields questions about recovery process

Recovery and Development Agency CEO Anthony McMaster answered the Beacon’s questions about his agency’s progress with the recovery on Aug. 21. This interview was conducted, condensed and edited by Zarrin …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
August 11, 2022

UK loan guarantee off the table

Several recovery projects are far behind schedule as the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Irma approaches, but Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said during a Aug. 8 press conference that the …

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by Dana Kampa
July 29, 2022

No decisions yet on closed Road Town school

After suddenly closing Althea Scatliffe Primary School last month because of concerns about its structural integrity, government officials are still figuring out the best options to temporarily house students, according …

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by Dana Kampa
April 21, 2022

RDA and government float new waste management strategies

After a February fire shuttered the Pockwood Pond incinerator and again thrust the territory’s waste management problems into the spotlight, government and Recovery and Development Agency officials hosted a meeting …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 2, 2022

Penn: Funds lacking for West End terminal

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn said on Feb. 21 that funding available for the recently unveiled West End ferry terminal project likely won’t cover a quarter of the actual cost. Mr. …

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by Dana Kampa
February 18, 2022

RDA CEO backs planned WE ferry look

In a follow-up to the Feb. 6 public meeting where German firm INROS Lackner S.E. unveiled plans for a contemporary West End ferry terminal, planners offered more details about the …

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by Dana Kampa
February 10, 2022

West End terminal designs unveiled

Some online commenters celebrated the possibility of soon getting a modern, 12,000- square-foot West End ferry terminal when updates were given at a public meeting on Feb. 6. “This will …

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by Dana Kampa
January 7, 2022

RDA completed 7 projects in 2021

The Recovery and Development Agency oversaw seven projects last year and is looking to complete more in 2022, including works at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, RDA acting CEO …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 6, 2021

EDITORIAL: Four years after Irma, government recovery far behind

The Elmore Stoutt High School. The Isabella Morris Primary School. The Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre. The Road Town library. The West End ferry terminal. The National Emergency Operations Centre. …

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by BVI Beacon
August 25, 2021

Autland signs its seventh RDA contract

Autland Heavy Equipment, a Virgin Islands firm, has been awarded its seventh contract from the Recovery and Development Agency by beating out eight other local bidders to win a $1,799,499.68 …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
Autland contract signing RDA
May 7, 2021

Ronnie Skelton heading new board at the RDA

The agency established to lead the territory’s recovery from the 2017 hurricanes is under new leadership, with former legislator Ronnie Skelton chairing the board. Premier Andrew Fahie announced April 29 …

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by Dana Kampa
April 15, 2021

Jost Van Dyke clinic to get solar power

The Recovery and Development Agency recently awarded a $65,500 contract to Amandla Engineering to supply and install a solar facility at the Jost Van Dyke Clinic by the end of …

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by The BVI Beacon
February 15, 2021

North Sound admin building handed over on VG

The North Sound Administration Building on Virgin Gorda was handed over from the Recovery and Development Agency to Deputy Governor David Archer Jr. last week following the completion of repairs …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
North Sound Administration Building
October 29, 2020

VG admin building, Tortola roads to get work

Two Virgin Islands companies received contracts for Hurricane Irma recovery projects amounting to about $2.3 million on Tortola and Virgin Gorda on Friday as the Recovery and Development Agency continued …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
October 18, 2020

RDA gets funding for police, court facilities

New funding has been provided to facilitate repairs to the Road Town Police Station and the Magistrates’ Court from damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes, and three “deeds of contribution” …

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by Dana Kampa
October 8, 2020

RDA contracts up to almost $15 million this year

The Recovery and Development Agency signed three contracts totalling nearly $1.75 million on Monday for projects including repairs to the Road Town Police Station and roadwork at Great Mountain and …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 14, 2020

EDITORIAL: Covid is highlighting Irma recovery failures

Three years after Hurricane Irma, successive governments’ failure to secure the needed level of recovery funding — which now could be doing much more to help the stalled economy through …

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by BVI Beacon
Ralph T. O'Neal Administration Complex
September 11, 2020

Underfunded hurricane recovery still dragging

As the Covid-19 crisis has decimated the economy in recent months, leaders have sought to counter the dismal outlook while rolling out more than $10 million worth of contracts under …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 22, 2020

$194k contract awarded for Great Mountain road

Government continued its recent series of infrastructure projects last Thursday, with Autland Heavy Equipment Company Limited awarded a contract for $194,065.08 from the Recovery and Development Agency for the first …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
May 22, 2020

$1m to kick off work at admin complex

In 2017 hurricane winds permanently stuck pieces of paper to walls and doorframes, and piles of unusable chairs and desks remain on every floor in a wing of the Ralph …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED

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