2.3M Fish Fry to replace Sunset Village

Tue, May 1st 2012, 11:34 AM

The Government of The Bahamas on April 27 executed a contract totaling $2.35 million for the construction of a modern Fish Fry and Cultural Centre at Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama.
This new entertainment center will replace the Sunset Village, destroyed by hurricanes in 2004. Noula Investment Company was awarded the contract to construct the new facility. The company's president, Max Quant, expects to have the facility completed in six months.
Signing on behalf of the government was Minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing the Hon. Neko C. Grant.
The function attracted a large audience and was laced with performances by the Grand Bahama Division of the Royal Bahamas Police Force Band. It also attracted a number of tourism officials as well as officials from the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, including Minister Charles Maynard who also addressed the gathering. Grant, a product of the West Grand Bahama district, told those attending the opening that it was a pleasure for him to participate in the groundbreaking and contract signing.
He reminded all that in September of 2004 as a result of Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, the vending booths at the fish fry at the Sunset Village site were destroyed.
"During July, 2010, a contract was awarded to G&L Construction to construct a seawall extending 700 feet along the coast at Sunset Village. I am pleased to confirm that those works were executed as agreed and the seawall is completed. At the time of the contract signing for the mentioned seawall, I announced plans for the further development of the Sunset Village area by the construction of a cultural center and a permanent Fish Fry site to replace the one destroyed by the hurricanes," Grant recalled.
He also reminded his audience that shortly after the contract signing for the seawall, that his Ministry commissioned Bruce Lafleur and Associates to provide architectural services, inclusive of schematic designs, design development, construction documents, tender/negotiation and contract administration phases for the project, and those services were negotiated for an agreed fee of eight percent of the construction cost.
"The schematic architectural design was prepared by Bruce Lafleur and Associates and their quantity surveyor, Veritas Consultants, provided a preliminary budget of $2,063,630 to complete the project. This was presented to Cabinet, to which it did not agree to proceed, but agreed instead that I proceed based on a revised schematic design with a maximum construction budget of $1 million," Grant recalled.

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