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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 ...
August 05, 2011
Prince Charles roadworks shifting west - MoW traffic alert Friday August 5
The Ministry of Works & Transport advises that paving of the northern lane of Prince Charles Drive between Fox Hill Road and Pine Barren Road is now complete. This lane is now once again open for vehicular traffic.
The FULL ROAD CLOSURE on Prince Charles Drive will now shift West to between Pine Barren Road and College Garden Road.
Motorists traveling West (Fox Hill Road & Prince Charles Drive ju...
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...
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 ...
New Borrowing and the Lessons of the Roadwork
December 15, 2011
New Borrowing and the Lessons of the Roadwork
The contract for this version of the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) was signed in December 2008 and the project was supposed to be done right about now.? But due to various problems, some disclosed and some not, the project drags on.
Ministry of Public Works Updates Roadworks Progress
December 14, 2011
Ministry of Public Works Updates Roadworks Progress
Nassau,The Bahamas - The Ministry of Public Works and Transport advises the public of the progress of the New Providence Road Improvement Project.
The Ministry advises motorists that Robinson Road is opened to traffic between Blue Hill Road and Fourth Street.
BUSINESS TO TAKE ROADWORKS BATTLE TO PRIVY COUNCIL
December 12, 2011
BUSINESS TO TAKE ROADWORKS BATTLE TO PRIVY COUNCIL
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
BUSINESS owners who took the Government to court over Baillou Hill Road and Market Street's transformations into one-way streets say they plan on taking their case to the Privy Council, a spokesman telling Tribune Business yesterday that the message needs to be made clear that "the Government has to obey the laws as well"....
December 04, 2011
'Chronic' Planning Failures Lie Behind Roadworks WOES
A "CHRONIC" lack of planning and failure to maintain key infrastructure assets lie at the heart of the projected $40 million cost overruns on the New Providence Road Improvement (NPRIP) project, a private sector leader suggesting it should have been done "30 years ago".
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