The Ministry of Communications and Works says paving is complete along 4,000 linear feet of roadway in West End, Tortola. Crews are now concentrating on sidewalk work, which the ministry expects to finish by the end of October.
The completed segment forms part of rehabilitation along the Sir Francis Drake Highway between Fort Recovery and Cox Heath, including drainage, coastal-defence and seawall work intended to improve safety and resilience.
The wider nine-mile programme runs between the Road Town and West End ferry terminals. Government signed a $14.08 million contract with Tortola Paving Company Limited in December 2025 for corridor rehabilitation funded through its infrastructure loan programme.
Completion of the paved segment does not mean the wider corridor project is finished. Sidewalks and other programme elements remain underway, and the ministry has not published a final completion date for all nine miles.
Source published October 12, 2026 at 6:05 a.m. AST. Read the original reporting or release for the complete record.
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