Long-delayed plans to build a new sewage system in Cane Garden Bay are back on track after Connect Enterprises Limited signed a $3,785,274.55 contract to carry out “Phase Two” of …
February 24, 2025
December 13, 2024
Roadside sewage plagues residents
A putrid odour hung heavy in the air near Fort Burt early this week, but the experience was nothing new for businesspeople working in the area. For more than seven …
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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October 30, 2023
EDITORIAL: Sewer contracts are progress, but leaders must stay focused
We were heartened by the latest round of contracts signed to advance the much-delayed sewerage project in East End/Long Look, where residents have long suffered from untreated waste running in …
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July 5, 2023
EDITORIAL: Public disservice
We are alarmed by recent signs that the government is increasingly struggling to provide the most basic public services. Perhaps the most glaring example is electricity. In large sections of …
July 5, 2023
Pump station in works for EE/LL sewerage
New work is set to get under way soon on the Long Swamp section of the East End/Long Look Sewerage Project, one of the new government’s first steps in delivering …
March 3, 2023
CGB sewage collection system to cost $4m
Last July, government commissioned a $1.8 million wastewater treatment plant near the Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay. Now, another $4 million is needed to complete the collection …
August 25, 2021
Pipe laid as EE sewerage project starts
The Covid-19 pandemic has hampered numerous infrastructure projects in the territory by causing raw material shortages, delaying supply shipments, and limiting working hours. But progress nevertheless has been made, including …
March 19, 2021
East End sewer lines to be laid soon
For longer than Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer has been alive, government has been attempting to build the first public sewerage system in East End and Long Look, …
November 5, 2020
East End sewerage project relaunched
Government plans to award at least 40 petty contracts worth $6,142,500 to restart and complete the long-delayed East End/Long Look sewerage project, Premier Andrew Fahie announced during a re-commissioning ceremony …
August 16, 2019
Proposals sought for Palm Grove centre
Government has requested expressions of interest for the designing, financing and building of the Palm Grove Shopping Centre, according to Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer. Speaking on July …
May 4, 2018
Lawmakers budget for a deficit in 2018
House of Assembly lawmakers unanimously passed the 2018 Appropriation Act on Friday, budgeting for a deficit for the first time in recent memory. The budget passed with amendments, and though …