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Contact:
Chris Satney
Friday, June 17, 2005 - Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
Honourable Dr. Kenny Anthony says the recently opened highway in the island’s
south is a living symbol of government’s policy to ensure that not just one set
of people enjoy the benefits the country produces.
Dr. Anthony says the South West Coast Highway with its close proximity to the
Hewanorra Airport will attract a kind of investment presently unknown to the
south of the island, particularly in Choiseul. Dr. Anthony says the new highway
was a primary factor for the developers of the Sapphire Cove Resort Premiere
Resorts when they decided to locate the five star resort in Laborie.
“I would expect therefore in the years ahead that we will see other investments
in tourism and otherwise and perhaps those who have doubted the value of this
investment, maybe long after we have all made our exit from political life, will
then say what this government did was sound and fully justified,” Dr. Anthony
said.
The 28 Kilo Meters of Road was developed as part of an overall Road Development
Programme financed by the Caribbean Development Bank CDB. The financing package
also includes the Deglos Road - now nearing completion, three individual pieces
of road in the Dennery area and the Monier/Babonneau Road. Two other roads - one
in the Piaye/Saltibus area and the other in Desruisseux proper - will also be
constructed under the programme.
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