Christmas cleanup to begin 'very soon' in Road Town- Hon Hodge-Smith
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Speaking as a guest on the Honestly Speaking programme hosted by Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Hodge-Smith said the effort will target derelict vehicles and trailers across from the hospital. She said they will either remove the trailers or arrange them neatly.
“We will see our efforts, again, to do a thorough cleanup of Road Town,” she said. “Including derelict vehicles, getting rid of those trailers, over across from the hospital area, even if you can’t get rid of them, put them in an orderly fashion. So that we can really, really tidy up the capital and in time for the Christmas holidays.”
Funding secured
Hodge-Smith said she has long advocated for funding to carry out a full-scale cleanup of Road Town, and confirmed that she has now been able to secure the necessary funding. She said residents should expect to see movement “very, very soon.”
The Fourth District representative stressed that the cleanup will not be carried out in isolation. She said she intends to reach out to the relevant agencies to work collaboratively on a thorough cleanup of the district.
“I love to collaborate. I believe in collaborating. I don’t like this thing about solos, about working in silos or solos,” Hodge-Smith said. “I will be reaching out to the relevant agencies to help us to do, together, [a] thorough cleanup of the district.”
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10 Responses to “Christmas cleanup to begin 'very soon' in Road Town- Hon Hodge-Smith”
Let's clean up just for Christmas, not because the place looks and smells like a big slum all year round which is disgraceful to visitors and residents alike. Sometimes I wonder if this is really a bad dream because I never ever thought there would be a government that get even the simplest things wrong over and over. It's like they don't even care.
Moreover, Road Town, the capital city, the business and financial centre, entertainment and sport center, location of a major tourists arrival port, the seat of government, etc., should look aesthetically pleasing and clean all the time, 365/24/7, not just a spacing up at Christmas time. Is it a heavy lift to keep the city clean? Is managing the city, including keeping the city clean, part of the City Manager responsibility? Is the City Manager position title just a big title with no juice? Is the City Manager responsibilities a duplication of other position? Is the position still needed? I’m not suggesting pushing the current office out of a job. Reassign the office holder to another position.