St. Maarten Private Eye

Great Bay, St. Martin (March 1, 2008)-The Island Government of St. Maarten, the Department of New Projects Development and Planning, the Commissioner of Environmental Development & Property Management hereby informs the residents of St. Peters in specific and the public at large in general as follows.

As you may have noticed the streets throughout the district of St. Peters are currently in need of repair and have been for some time placed on the urgency list to be upgraded.

We are therefore pleased to inform you that for this purpose a project has been realized called the
“Project St. Peters Beautification”

This project entails the upgrading of the infrastructure of the district of St. Peters, and will include the reconstruction of the road, upgrading the sewage and drainage systems and beautification of the St. Peters road.

The pre-operational works for this project began on Monday, February 25th, 2008 and it is expected that the actual construction works will commence shortly.

The total duration of the project is estimated at thirty two weeks however the works will be done in three sections to allow public access to and from their homes. The estimated completion of this project will be in the month of September 2008.

In an effort to facilitate the traffic situation in this regard, a temporary solution will be put in place, whereby the traffic between St. Peters and Philipsburg will be affected.

Traffic to Philipsburg will be diverted via the Marigot hill road (this will become a one-way traffic only) towards L.B. Scott road
Traffic to and from St. Peters will be deviated through Mesapple road.
Please note that on the 3rd March 2008 the St. Peters Road up and till the first intersection (Basketball court) will be closed for through traffic.

In the event more information is needed regarding this ongoing project, please feel free to contact Mr. Kurt A. Ruan, Head of Department New Projects Development and Planning, or Ms. Nathalie Parotte, Project Manager St. Peters Beautification Project at the sector R.O.B., Department New Projects Development and Planning by the following E-mail address: sxmnewprojects@gmail.com or by telephone: 5424289.

We trust to have informed you sufficiently, as we work together towards a better St. Maarten for one and all.

(especially for that 'one' huh? bet this'll add another digit to the grey-haired bankaccount ^^) he evidently knows how profitable business can be in the construction trade...