Kalinago MP plans for improved housing and access to constituents
The Hon. Minister for Kalinago Affairs, Casius Darroux, believes that road rehabilitation and better housing for the elderly will improve life in his constituency.
A GIS team visited the Kalinago Territory on Thursday, June 2nd to witness ongoing projects in the constituency.
There, the Minister spoke of upcoming studio apartments.
Honourable Darroux explained that his constituency only awaits funding for building materials to begin the project which involves prefabricated pieces to be created by recent graduates of a furniture/woodwork class.
He continued, “The elderly people are waiting patiently and I’m very optimistic about it because we need to do that before the hurricane season is in full swing.”
The Kalinago Affairs Minister remarked that the Horseback Ridge Road is also on his agenda. He says some excavation has already been done.
He is hoping that at least 10 will be employed right off and then rotated with another 10 as the need arises.
The Minister declared that this road is one of the major tourist routes in the Kalinago Territory and anticipates even more traffic when the tourist season re-opens.
Meanwhile another road- from the Salybia Police Station to Touna- which is more convenient for commuters and farmers was also addressed.
“The other section of road has been completed through the Carib Territory Capacity-building Project. This has become something of the Kalinago Highway because most individuals, instead of going through Atkinson to the Kalinago Territory would pass through Concord and get to the Territory within five minutes as compared to half an hour. This piece of road is benefitting us significantly,” he enthused.
The Carib Territory Community Capacity-Building Project is an $8.6m project which Government signed with the Caribbean Development Bank in 2012 to improve living standards in the Territory.
