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Unity Labour Party caretaker for North Leeward, Carlos James, speaking at the party's constituency conference in Chateaubelair on Sunday.
Unity Labour Party caretaker for North Leeward, Carlos James, speaking at the party’s constituency conference in Chateaubelair on Sunday.
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The Unity Labour Party administration has spent over EC$30 million on infrastructural development in North leeward, Carlos James, the party’s caretaker for the district said on Sunday.

James, a senator, who is poised to be the party’s candidate in general elections later this year, said that when he took up the mantle, the constituency “was at a difficult stage in its development, with a lot of challenges and limited resources nationally to deal and combat with the effects of climate change”.

He said that North Leeward was hard hit and the government set out on a period of rehabilitation.

He said he calculated a list of things done in the constituency, most of them remedial work.

James listed the Cumberland Bridge and river embankment project for EC$13.5 million, three bridges in Sharpes, Plan, and Kakarta, –EC$ 4.2 million with the support the government of Ecuador; English and German Gutter in Troumaca, EC$3.2 million; the Coulls Hill road and the teacher’s house in Troumaca that now houses the village council — over $250,000.

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He also mentioned phase 1 of the Golden Grove rehabilitation programme, which, along with phase 2 of, combined with the Chateaubelair Bridge is EC$1.5 million; the satellite warehouse in Belmont — EC$965,000.

Phase 2 of road rehabilitation in Spring Village, Rose Bank, Chateaubelair, costing over EC$250,000, will resume this year, James said, adding that the   

Cumberland and Golden Grove playing fields cost over EC$1 million combined.

He said the government spent EC$6.4 million at Long line and the jetty in Chateaubelair will cost EC$5 million

James mentioned the expansion of the road in Belle Isle and said that the government will put the framework in place to ensure there are better roads in North Leeward with some EC$2.6 million earmarked for this.

“And if anybody here had a calculator, you will naturally see that over $30 million was spent in this constituency in the last five years,” James said.  

“That is the type of work and commitment that this government, including myself, we have for the people of North Leeward in particular.”

James said that the constituency has gone through some challenging times.

“All of you have experienced it. You have seen what disasters could do to rural communities.  You have lived it first hand. You have had the experience of waking up with no bed, no stove, no fridge. This government replaced that. You have woken up with no house and roof over your head, this government has provided that both in Fitz Hughes and Cumberland.”

He said there are “comrades” who would say not enough is being done in North Leeward.

“When I tell you about all these projects, there are constituencies with elected members who don’t have that kind of money being spent in their constituency and we are delivering that here in this constituency because the people of North Leeward, you are important and we see and we want to make your lives more valuable and improve on your lives and put you in a comfortable position.”

He said that with the remedial work completed, the constituency has gone past the most challenging time in its history with the disasters it has had to deal with.

“We have to now focus on a period of rebuilding. We have to now focus on a period of reconstruction, a period where we can create opportunities for employment, wealth-creation, fostering an environment for small businesses, fisher folk, farmers, medicinal cannabis cultivators and other entrepreneurs so that they can all flourish. We have to now move ahead in creating that environment,” James said.

James said he and the government were “burdened” with the task of reconstruction.

“We will now move forward in the next term, the 2020-2015 term with creating what I consider a new North Leeward, a new North Leeward where there is opportunity for all, a new North Leeward where everyone can benefit and the improvements we have put in place can now match the work that we would have done in the constituency and we can start.”

5 replies on “Over $30 million spent in N. Leeward — James”

  1. Kole dog's kole truth says:

    Was that money spent in your offshore bank account? ?? Because you the only one know where all that money went

  2. Ralph Gonsalves once said Vincentians only remember for nine days then all is forgotten. But not me, I can remember being a baby in my sisters arms.

    Vincentians should be reminded when people lost their lives at Buccament and according to Peter Binose because of Government neglect. So why not tell the people the truth about that.

    Thirty million in the scheme of things is a tiny amount, and unless that is itemised and properly recorded may be assumed by the people as yet another untruthful and misleading statement.

    https://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/04/26/were-buccament-flood-deaths-murder-by-governmental-neglect/

    Having carefully studied what Peter wrote and examined the evidence conclude he was in fact accurate in his submission of neglect by all the parties named by him.

  3. People should also remember the Harlequin Buccament Bay Resort farce. When a crook was given a project without proper or perhaps no due diligence being carried out on that man or his abilities.

    Dozens of foreign investors lost their life savings, some even bankrupted, and pensioners lost their homes.

    Vincentian employees were sent home without outstanding wages. Vincentian vegetable and fruit suppliers never got paid. Vincentian contractors were unpaid. VINLEC unpaid, VAT unpaid, NIS unpaid, TAX unpaid, bakery unpaid. Everyone was unpaid with the exception of two or three Vincentians. The only real winner out the whole debacle was the PMs wife who got a contract to fit and furbish the first few beach front sheds [villas] apparently it was an enormous sum of money.

    https://www.fiweh.com/07/18/2019/letter-the-shame-of-more-corruption/

  4. SVG already know that your arithmetic is flawed. Your owner will soon rebuke you and say it was 50 million. Do you really want the Gonsalves family to rule for the next ten years? I suggest you jump ship and start your own political party. Saboto look at what happened Sanga. Or you don’t care?

  5. Golden_Child 44 says:

    Its not for the party its for the people of st vincent dont say what the ulp did they did it for every single person in the country dont brag about what they party did and tje other party did not do and hiw can they do it if they not in power the prime minister fooling every single one of u just the get them back in office dont talk about something that already do talk about what new to make the country better

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