Deonson Gregoire and Matthew Gustave have each been awarded a contract to construct five, two bedroom housing units in San Sauveur. The ten houses will include kitchen, living-room and toilet and will provide much needed housing to people of San Sauveur affected by natural disasters. Each contract is in the amount of six hundred and ninety-six thousand, six hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($696,641.25). The construction phase is expected to last four months.
The Government has through the San Sauveur/ Petite Soufriere Village Council provided over sixty-thousand dollars for the construction of a retaining wall at Liveire Leui. The contract for the project was signed between Chairman of the San Sauveur/ Petite Soufriere Village Council Kimanie Mourillon and contractor Simon Alie in the amount of sixty-thousand and fifty-five dollars and eighty-eight cents ($60,055.88).
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit welcomed the contract signings describing the projects as necessary for the people of San Sauveur and Petite Soufriere. Prime Minister Skerrit stated that the contract will provide employment and economic enhancement for the area.
“Every one of the contractors is from this part. I am hoping that they can employ as many people as possible from this part of the country so that … every single dollar will stay and help the economy of these communities,” Prime Minister Skerrit stated.
Parliamentary Representative for the Castle Bruce Constituency which included San Sauveur and Petite Soufriere Honourable Johnson Drigo is excited about the investments in his constituency. Honourable Drigo stated that this is another instance of promises made and promises kept by the Dominica Labour Party Administration.
The projects are expected employ well over fifty people.