$406K for St. Joseph Constituency Development

DOMINICA:  Hon. Prime Minister, Dr Roosevelt Skerrit has promised the people of St. Joseph that very soon improvements will be made to various parts of the community.
The Hon. Prime Minister was speaking at the 21^st inaugural meeting of the St Joseph Village Council.
“By the end of next week, you will receive a check of about $278,000 to effect washrooms for the people of St. Joseph.
“I am giving a commitment to the farmers group, in anticipation of you forming a group, of a cheque of $15,000 to go towards the purchase of fertilizer for distribution to the farmers of St. Joseph.
“In respect to the footbridge which the Hon. MP has raised as a concern, there was a delay because we had to do the design. It will cost over $113,000.”
The Prime Minister commended the new chairman and councilors who were sworn in on Wednesday, April 6^th.
The incoming chairman, Eric Serrant, outlined the council’s accomplishments over the past three years.
These included centralized garbage collection points made possible through the use of garbage receptacles; a food hamper programme for the elderly and shut-ins; monthly food donations to the Kelleb John Laurent Primary School for its school Feeding Programme. Youth training programmes in pastry-making, garment making, computer literacy and repair and others were secured by the council training more than fifty. Street lights were also sourced for critical areas and footpaths constructed for pedestrian safety.
Hon Parliamentary Representative for the St Joseph Constituency, Kelver Darroux, urged the community to support the council.
He said, “We have to support what is our own. We have a responsibility to ensure that we together with this council to build St. Joseph and make it a better place for each of us. At the end of the day, the community doesn’t belong to the Member of Parliament; what will happen when I leave or this council leaves? St. Joseph will still be there for all of us.”