KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – The government on Monday launched an EC$40 Caribbean Development Bank funded project that will see the upgrade of a major span of the Leeward Highway.
The 18-month project, scheduled to being in January, will see the widening of the South Leeward Highway, which runs from the capital Kingstown, along the west coast and inland, to the Central Leeward town of Layou.
Brent Bailey, chief engineer in the Ministry of Transport and Works, said the road carriageway would be widened and among other things, improvements would be made to drainage
The minimum width of the road between the densely populated suburban area of Campden Park, where an industrial park is located, and Kingstown will be 21.8 feet.
Between Campden Park and Buccament Bay, where the island’s only five-star resort is located, it will be 21 feet.
Between Buccament Bay and Layou, a relatively short span of winding road where rocky cliffs line the road in some sections, the minimum width will be 19.7 feet.
The project is out to tender, which is slated to end by October 31.
