Gifft Hill gutters

Your tax dollars, hard at work.

The South Shore Road’s rehabilitation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes new shoulder drainage along Gifft Hill Road.

Repair work to Route 104 was announced in September, but did not immediately begin.  The nine month long, $4 million project will include repaving 2.8 miles.

The South Shore Road project was the first federal stimulus project announced in the Virgin Islands.

6 Responses to “Gifft Hill gutters”

  1. Debbie
    March 18th, 2010 06:38
    1

    That is wonderful!!! I have to tell you, when I drove on the island for the first time, I was glad to see the storm gutters. I knew that I had a foot between my car and a big stone boulder sticking out of the side of the road.

    The gutters are an ideal way to spend the stimulus money. The islands does need help with the drainage – expecially when it downpours.

    Happy Thursday!

  2. Gary
    March 18th, 2010 08:37
    2

    That’s great but I’ve got an idea. Instead of putting the time and money into gutters how about guardrails on Centerline going in to Coral Bay where so many people have gone over recently? I think that’s a little more important than drainage.

  3. Diana2
    March 18th, 2010 15:30
    3

    This is a great improvement. Let’s all thank, Barack for this long overdue improvement. Additional guardrails are also needed. Maybe they’ll get some more money for this safety improvement as well.

  4. Chicago Steve
    March 18th, 2010 20:46
    4

    Gutters? Ahh… finally, somewhere to sleep after tee many rum martoonies…

  5. Mako
    March 19th, 2010 12:46
    5

    I can already see a good fund raiser in the making here. An annual St. John street luge championship!!! Those new gutters will provide for some awesome speed!

  6. Josh
    March 19th, 2010 19:53
    6

    I live on Gifft Hill and certainly appreciate neighborhood improvements but honestly I would rather see the money used to redo the sidewalks and drainage right in Cruz Bay. How nice would it be to see stone sidewalks in front of Uncle Joe’s and all down by the Ferry Docks!

    -capt. josh

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