ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Road Infrastructure Rehabilitation
This project will rehabilitate 8.7 km of major road to improve efficiency, resilience, safety and accessibility along the Sir George Walter Highway and Friars Hill Road in Antigua. These roads are used by 75% of the population and serve as primary arteries, linking the capital St. John's, the airport, and many of the island's tourism attractions. This upgrade will provide a major boost to commercial and economic activity on the island. The project will also strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Works and Housing by upgrading the materials laboratory; training ministerial staff in pavement design, construction, and maintenance; and helping the Ministry to better integrate social and gender issues in infrastructure projects.
US$ 29.5mn
32,000 daily road users
Hill R oad
grant/loan
£13.8mn (US$18mn)
Antigua and Barbuda US$11.5mn
will benefit from improved travel times, road safety and climate resilience along the project route.
VC BIRD AIRPORT
Friars
UKCIF
Cedar Grove
Cassada Gardens
Fort James
Sir George Walter Highway
ST. JOHNʼS
Fitches Creek
SAINT JOHN
SAINT GEORGE
Technical Assistance completed
Capital project approved
Start of construction
September 2021 End of construction
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Technical Assistance approved
December 2017
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December 2016
tM
August 2016
Sa in
July 2016
Sir George Walter Highway Friars Hill Road
This project has been made possible through a grant from the United Kingdom Government under the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF), which provides grant funding for climate-resilient infrastructure projects to encourage growth and to support improved livelihoods, poverty reduction and safer conditions for residents. UKCIF is administered by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). June 2021
Contacts
Ministry of Works and Housing Dennis Cudjoe, Project Coordinator Email: projectcoordinator.works@ab.gov.ag
Caribbean Development Bank Andrew Dupigny, Head, Infrastructure Partnerships, Office of the Vice-President (Operations) Email: dupigna@caribank.org