Road Bay, Sandy Ground, Anguilla’s main port of entry, is experiencing a growing busy period with the importation of large quantities of cement, sand and gravel from the Caribbean area.
The building aggregate is being brought in particularly for nine large public sector projects at various stages of construction.
The projects, under the Anguilla Programme at the Governor’s Office, are being funded by the United Kingdom’s Government humanitarian grant of sixty million pounds.
The buildings comprise the Western Polyclinic; the Adrian T. Hazell Primary School; Orealia Kelly Primary School; Morris Vanterpool Primary School; the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School; The Valley Polyclinic; offices for the Department of Infrastructure and Public Utilities; additional facilities at the Princess Alexandra Hospital; and the new Road Bay Jetty being funded under a different UK Government’s programme.
The construction materials being imported into Anguilla are also consigned to a number of private sector projects, across the island, as well as to cement companies.
The imports have contributed to a very busy Road Bay where the construction of the new jetty occupies a considerably large portion of the beach – and the inshore waters south of the existing cargo jetty.
