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<span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">French Company To Restore Bog Walk Gorge </span> </span>
Saturday, 06 September 2008
French construction company Bouygues the developers of Highway 2000 will be undertaking the restoration of the Bog Walk Gorge <span style="color: #FF0000">at no cost to the government</span>.
The gorge was destroyed last week by Tropical Storm Gustav.
Communications Manager in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Reginald Allen says Bouygues' offer will provide some relief to the government's reconstruction effort.
Mr. Allen was part of a team led by Transport Minister Mike Henry that toured the Gorge Saturday.
He says work should be completed in four weeks.
"The minister has been <span style="color: #FF0000">able to get a commitment from Bouygues to restore that gorge free of cost including workmen, material etc</span> to get us back to where we were in terms of traversing the very important corridor," he said.
Mr. Allen says Bouygues has also offered to carry out <span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">long term</span> work on the Gorge at a reduced cost</span>.
Meantime, residents of Kent Village near the Bog Walk Gorge are eagerly awaiting the restoration work.
The once bustling community which thrived on business from tourists travelling to and from the north coast has become a virtual ghost town.
The residents are blaming the downturn in their commercial life on the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav.
One female business operator told our news centre, that the problem has been compounded by the lack of basic amenities such as water and light.
Saturday, 06 September 2008
French construction company Bouygues the developers of Highway 2000 will be undertaking the restoration of the Bog Walk Gorge <span style="color: #FF0000">at no cost to the government</span>.
The gorge was destroyed last week by Tropical Storm Gustav.
Communications Manager in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Reginald Allen says Bouygues' offer will provide some relief to the government's reconstruction effort.
Mr. Allen was part of a team led by Transport Minister Mike Henry that toured the Gorge Saturday.
He says work should be completed in four weeks.
"The minister has been <span style="color: #FF0000">able to get a commitment from Bouygues to restore that gorge free of cost including workmen, material etc</span> to get us back to where we were in terms of traversing the very important corridor," he said.
Mr. Allen says Bouygues has also offered to carry out <span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">long term</span> work on the Gorge at a reduced cost</span>.
Meantime, residents of Kent Village near the Bog Walk Gorge are eagerly awaiting the restoration work.
The once bustling community which thrived on business from tourists travelling to and from the north coast has become a virtual ghost town.
The residents are blaming the downturn in their commercial life on the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav.
One female business operator told our news centre, that the problem has been compounded by the lack of basic amenities such as water and light.