Antigua and Barbuda’s government is in the final stages of securing its first withdrawal from a $100 million national infrastructure initiative targeted at upgrading the country’s aging road networks, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed. Browne shared the latest development during his weekly broadcast appearance, responding to public questions about whether the administration had already begun accessing the earmarked financing.
According to Browne, an initial attempt to access the funds was recently completed, but regulators required adjustments to core project documentation before the withdrawal could be approved. The Public Works Department has since taken charge of finalizing these required amendments, bringing the administration very close to unlocking the capital.
The prime minister confirmed that the first drawdown will total $20 million once Public Works engineers and the department’s director sign off on and submit the revised paperwork. However, he declined to share a concrete timeline for when the funds will officially be released, noting only that the process is nearly concluded.
This allocated $100 million program was launched to support the government’s broader nationwide road rehabilitation agenda, a policy priority that has gained urgency amid growing public outcry over widespread road deterioration across both Antigua and Barbuda. To date, the administration has not released details on which road segments will be prioritized in the first phase of improvements, nor has it shared a start date for construction work that will be funded by the initial $20 million withdrawal.