Feb. 28, 2003 – Long-planned repair work on Cactus Hill streets in Cruz Bay will begin March 10 and will take about five weeks to complete, Public Works Deputy Commissioner Ira Wade said on Friday.
The affected arteries are Frank Street, which is the where the Legislature Building is located; Alice Street, Cactus Hill Run, Pickering Street, Short Street and the southwest end of Hill Street toward Asta Pond.
Wade said the streets are in disrepair because they were never repaved after a 1993-94 sewer line installation. "There are numerous intermittent pieces of old asphalt left there," he said.
As part of the work now, he said, some 15 to 20 manholes must be raised to pavement level.
He said Public Works will send out notices two business days before crews start work on each road so that people will know not to park there.
He didn't have the project cost available but said it would be more than $100,000. The money comes from the St. John Capital Improvement Fund. Better Roads Asphalt is the contractor.
Wade also said that bids were opened on Thursday for work on Route 107 from the Coral Bay Triangle to the start of the V.I. National Park road that leads to Lameshur Bay. He declined to name the contractor on this Federal Highway Administration-financed job but said it would get under way around April 15.
Some major work on Route 107, including replacement of culverts and repaving, has already been done. The second phase about to begin was on hold for more than three years because Public Works needed to get right-of-way permission from about 75 landowners who have property along the road.
In addition to paving, the second phase includes installing a 30-inch culvert where Route 108, which leads to Bordeaux, meets Route 107.
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