After years of growing public frustration over crumbling road infrastructure, the national government has launched a full-scale, island-wide road rehabilitation programme, bringing in heavy construction machinery and deploying round-the-clock work crews to tackle dangerously degraded road conditions that have impacted communities across the country.
Headed by Public Works Minister Maria Bird Brown, the Ministry of Public Works has laid out clear priorities for this initiative, focusing on long-unaddressed infrastructure problems that have upended daily commutes, pushed up vehicle maintenance expenses for drivers, and created persistent public safety hazards for pedestrians and motorists alike. Multiple high-need areas have already been marked for full-scale rehabilitation and complete resurfacing, including well-known problem zones at Seaton’s Hill, Fry’s Hill, Bendals, and Glanvilles.
At the center of the government’s infrastructure push is All Saints Road, a major thoroughfare that has faced intense public criticism from commuters and local leaders for years over its poor condition. Preparations for full rehabilitation work on the route are already complete, and construction is set to get underway in the very near future.
To cut down on project timelines and minimize disruption to daily travel for local residents, officials announced that they will expand overnight construction operations across all project sites. This move marks a clear shift from months of planning and public consultation to full, on-the-ground execution, cementing this effort as the most ambitious nationwide road repair push the region has seen in recent years.