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Recovery and Development Agency

July 10, 2025

WE port tendering to restart

After a protracted tender process drew only two bids that were dramatically over budget, the Recovery and Development Agency is going back to the drawing board with the planned West …

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by Allison Vaughn
June 24, 2025

Funds, staff low as clinics face struggles

The clinic in East End has closed its doors. Staff at the Anegada clinic recently fell ill because of poor working conditions. Major repairs at the main clinic on Virgin …

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by Allison Vaughn
June 22, 2025

$370k deal signed for design of immigration centre

The territory is one step closer to getting the new immigration detention centre that leaders have promised repeatedly since the previous one at Balsam Ghut began housing prison inmates more …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Kye Rymer
June 12, 2025

Only 10% of $100m loan drawn down

Only $10 million of the government’s $100 million loan from CIBC Caribbean bank has been drawn down so far, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. That $10 million was made …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 27, 2025

Reservoir planned for Paraquita Bay farmers

The farmers of Paraquita Bay are one step closer to getting a reservoir to help address their water challenges, leaders said. On May 13, government officials signed a $224,639 deal …

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by The BVI Beacon
March 5, 2025

EDITORIAL: WE ferry terminal bid flop raises troubling questions

We have often used this space to praise the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency for consistently getting projects done on time and on budget. Last month, however, we were …

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by BVI Beacon
West End ferry terminal design
February 25, 2025

EDITORIAL: Our hopes are high for RDA roadwork

The government’s recent decision to scale down the territory’s urgently needed road-reconstruction plans may seem like bad news, but we would argue that more realistic ambitions are better public policy. …

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by BVI Beacon
February 20, 2025

West End port bids dwarf budget

After more than 15 years of broken promises and false starts, the future of the long-delayed West End ferry terminal has been thrown into serious doubt once again after private-sector …

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by Shaun Connolly
January 31, 2025

Two bids in for West End ferry terminal

Following a bumpy tender process that lasted nearly two years, the Recovery and Development Agency received two bids this month for the contract to construct the long-delayed new ferry terminal …

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by BVI Beacon
January 2, 2025

Economy takes centre stage at budget debate

The House of Assembly passed the 2025 budget with amendments on Dec. 19 after a lengthy debate over two days that touched on the economy, infrastructure, healthcare, the minimum wage …

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by Allison Vaughn
December 19, 2024

RDA takes the reins on roads

Recent developments suggest that government may be rethinking a previous plan to award a controversial contract for 38 miles of roadwork, but the minister in charge says no final decisions …

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by Rushton Skinner
November 25, 2024

West End terminal faces new bid delay

More than seven years after Hurricane Irma destroyed the West End ferry terminal, the plan to replace the facility continues to face delays. The deadline for bids for the construction …

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by The BVI Beacon
New West End ferry terminal design
November 3, 2024

Trellis Bay centre to be ready soon

Government ministers provided updates on hurricane recovery projects, Jost Van Dyke public works, the Belle Vue gym and other efforts in response to questions from the opposition during the Oct. …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 31, 2024

Audit blasts 2019-2022 contracting procedures

The government tendered fewer than half of the major contracts it awarded between 2019 and 2022, and it often passed over the lowest offer for the rest, according to a …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 8, 2024

EDITORIAL: Funds from new loan must be spent wisely

The government’s plan to borrow $100 million to rebuild critical public infrastructure is a big step in the public sector’s long-delayed recovery from the 2017 hurricanes. However, given the scale …

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by BVI Beacon
August 30, 2024

Bidders to visit site of planned West End port today

Thanks to a recent green light from the Caribbean Development Bank, the procurement process for the construction of a new West End ferry terminal is moving ahead following years of …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
New West End ferry terminal design
May 9, 2024

Penn questions 1-bid road tender

Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer claimed last week in the House of Assembly that his approach to repairing roads in the territory will ensure that taxpayers get good value …

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by Rushton Skinner
April 19, 2024

Marine base handed over

After their base sustained major damage from hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, marine police now have a new, expanded building that they will share with customs and immigration officers. …

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by Rushton Skinner
February 28, 2024

Recovery and Development Agency hosts gender and social training

Gender sensitivity and social inclusion took centre stage in two recent workshops hosted by the Recovery and Development Agency. Last week, the agency offered contractors a training session designed to …

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by The BVI Beacon
February 27, 2024

East End library reopens after 6 months

After a delay that left Tortola with no public library for more than six months, the East End/Long Look Community Library reopened on Monday at a new location in the …

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by Allison Vaughn
January 25, 2024

New school opens on Jost Van Dyke

More than six years after the former Jost Van Dyke Primary School was badly damaged by Hurricane Irma, officials unveiled a new $4.3 million building that is now housing students …

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by Allison Vaughn
November 10, 2023

Floods dislocate students on Jost Van Dyke

Floods and power outages recently dislocated Jost Van Dyke Primary School students once again, and a new school that was due to be complete in September has now been delayed …

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by Rushton Skinner
Construction of the new school on Jost Van Dyke (shown above in August) has been delayed, but completion is now expected by January, officials said (Photo: Recovery and Development Agency).
September 28, 2023

Gov’t takes aim at harbour hazards

Rotting boats clogging harbours are one of the most common visual reminders of the 2017 hurricanes, and a new effort to get them removed is now under way, Premier Dr. …

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by Dana Kampa
August 20, 2023

RDA re-tendering West End ferry terminal

The Recovery and Development Agency is re-tendering the West End ferry terminal project after disqualifying all nine firms that attempted to prequalify in a previous tender process launched in May. …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
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

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