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March 21, 2012
Commencement of New Providence Roadwork Project Business Impact
Nassau, Bahamas
- Beginning Wednesday, 21st
March 2012, the Government will commence execution of the Road &
Infrastructure Works Impact Questionnaire. Ministry of Finance personnel will visit business
establishments throughout New Providence on corridors and their connecting side
streets impacted by the New Providence Road and Infrastructure Improvement Project.
Business establishments which ar...
The truth about the New Providence roadworks
March 19, 2012
The truth about the New Providence roadworks
There has been so much discussion regarding the House of Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) that this week we would like to Consider This... exactly what does that report have to say and what conclusions should we draw from it regarding the governance of the Free National Movement (FNM), both past and future.
In publishing its rep...
March 15, 2012
Ex-BCA chief says 15m to Bahamians for roadworks 'low'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
A FORMER Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president yesterday said the 13.7 per cent of work sub-contracted out to Bahamian firms on the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) "stuck out" as relatively low, and called for "mandatory" local joint venture participation on future such projects.
Describing the project's projected 36.28 per cen...
IDB: 13M 'RETROACTIVE' TO STOP ROADWORKS SHUTDOWN
March 13, 2012
IDB: 13M 'RETROACTIVE' TO STOP ROADWORKS SHUTDOWN
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
AN ALARMED Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing $13 million in retroactive financing to prevent a "cash flow shortfall" from bringing the New Providence Road Improvement Project to a temporary halt, as this would leave Nassau's roads in a "worse" condition than when the project began.
A report on a proposed $65 million IDB loan, necessary t...
Minority report says bias influenced roadworks probe
March 09, 2012
Minority report says bias influenced roadworks probe
No evidence of waste, inefficiency and unnecessary cost to the public was ever brought before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) during its probe into the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP), said a minority report prepared by government representatives on the committee.
Kwasi Thompson, Pineridge MP and one of two government members on the committee, presented the minority report duri...
The roadwork fiasco
March 08, 2012
The roadwork fiasco
Dear Editor,
I was indeed disappointed as I read the headline stating the government will need to borrow even more money, millions I should say, to complete the road works which seem as if they will never be done at this rate.
My reaction, perhaps the reaction of many, was: "What? So they're borrowing money for the road works again? Hmm. Ok."
The project is $77 million over budget, in which $6...
The cost of the roadwork
March 06, 2012
The cost of the roadwork
There were detailed revelations yesterday in the House of Assembly regarding the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP). We all knew it was overbudget, but the amount it is surprising.
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said the government will have to come up with an additional $77 million in order to complete the project. In 2008, the government signed a $119.9 million contract with Argen...
Baffled by roadworks
February 24, 2012
Baffled by roadworks
EDITOR, The Tribune.
I CONTINUE to be baffled by the poor management of the New Providence Improvement and Infrastructural Project (NPIIP) as it relates to the road works. Oftentimes, I have written about it.
Something just does not seem to be adding up to me, but yet the beat goes on.
Some weeks ago, when I noticed road workers making markings for a turning lane shoulder on Marathon Road just ...
ROADWORKS ON COURSE FOR SUMMER FINISH
January 18, 2012
ROADWORKS ON COURSE FOR SUMMER FINISH
By SANCHESKA BROWN
Tribune Staff Reporter
sbrown@tribunemedia.net
THE NEW Providence Road Improvement Project is on target to be completed by the summer, Ministry of Works officials promised yesterday.
Ministry spokeswoman Shenique Albury said despite key roads being re-opened for the Christmas, bringing road works to a halt, the project is still expected to be completed by the second quarter ...
Frustrated with roadwork management
January 20, 2012
Frustrated with roadwork management
Dear Editor,
The nightmare that is the New Providence roadworks continues to haunt road users. A week or two ago Fox Hill Road, south of the roundabout was scraped and scarified. Unexplainably, the road was left with utility covers exposed, menacingly extending high above the road level. This has left motorists swerving all over the street in an attempt to avoid these dang...
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