The sunshine car park which has been a topic of major contention in the country remains unfinished.
But Prime Minister Gaston Browne gave some brief updates on where his administration is in taking on the task which has plagued previous administrations.
He spoke briefly during Parliament on the matter.
“We are aware that NAMCO has done some cleaning up and they are about to raise some monies so that they can commence the [work]. I am told a portion of the car park is significantly compromised so there is some engineering that have been done now to determine how we move forward.
“I would imagine that after we get the necessary reports probably within a matter of maybe 90 days or so you can see us commencing the continued work at the car park with the hope that it can finish in due course,” PM Browne explained.
NAMCO had shared plans to renovate the northern side of the Sunshine Car Park.
Following years of delays and false starts, the Cabinet in October of last year met with an architect to chart a path forward for the undeveloped asset located in close proximity to the East Bus Station.
The lower floor will be allocated to the Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service (ABS), providing the permanent home for the media entity.
Additionally, the ground floor of the northern section has been assigned to PDV Caribe, which has been housed in a building on Long Street.
The Sunshine Hub has been a challenging project for NAMCO since its million-dollar acquisition in 2015.
Resource constraints and other priorities, including the pandemic, had previously forced the company to divert funds to the construction of the 5th cruise ship berth for the St John’s Development Corporation.
All this could have been avoided a long time ago if this government had continued on the project where the previous government had left off. But no you had to parade it as a failed project of the Upp, a white elephant to try and embarrass them and gain points for yourself when it was needed all the time to ease the parking problem in the city.
Well Mr. Prime minister. Your yei open now. With all the concerns of citzens and the parking problems in st. Johns, it’s a shame is only now. I trust and hope is not some water to hold in a backet like usual.
Staff at ABS can expect to be at their current location for another 20 years. Not even Caribbean Cinemas you guys will get to go
Since Jesus was a boy we keep hearing about the car park….ah mehhhhhhhhhh we will finally get it one day eh
“Killing me softly, with his words”. The day will come when we stop hear about this car park. All Gaston and his goats do is feed us lies year after year about this failed upp project. One day the lie will be over….
What more? How much longer? This car park could’ve been complete in the same speed yall did the ABLP head quarters. But trues say yall can pull up anywhere in town and is people doing it all for you guys