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Contract awarded; Work begins to remove derelicts from Havers

The process to address the issue of derelict vehicles in the Territory is underway. Photo: Team of Reporters
ENS Excavating & Trucking was awarded the contract for the maintenance of the derelict site which includes the processing and exportation of up to 600 derelict vehicles and agreed scrap metal and other waste at the Pockwood Pond Derelict Site
ENS Excavating & Trucking was awarded the contract for the maintenance of the derelict site which includes the processing and exportation of up to 600 derelict vehicles and agreed scrap metal and other waste at the Pockwood Pond Derelict Site
The first phase of addressing the derelict vehicles in the Virgin Islands includes bailing the cars. Photo: Team of Reporters
The first phase of addressing the derelict vehicles in the Virgin Islands includes bailing the cars. Photo: Team of Reporters
The storing of derelict vehicles at Havers has sparked much controversy in the community. Photo: VINO/File
The storing of derelict vehicles at Havers has sparked much controversy in the community. Photo: VINO/File
HAVERS, Tortola, VI- The process to address the issue of derelict vehicles across the territory, including those controversially stored at Havers on Tortola, is underway.

The Department of Waste Management (DWM) invited interested parties to submit tenders for the maintenance of the derelict site, which includes the processing and exportation of up to 600 derelict vehicles and agreed scrap metal and other waste at the "Pockwood Pond Derelict Site" in January 2025. 

ENS Excavating & Trucking was awarded the contract, and Ahdan K. Doward told our News Centre on March 25, 2025, “Works with export should begin today.” He explained that the first phase of the project includes bailing the cars. 

Phase two of the project includes the loading of the barge, and finally the exportation and closing of the site, he said. 

"The entire process should be around 2 months, providing that conditions are optimal," Mr Doward added.

Derelicts being addressed as promised- Marcus E. Solomon

Director of DWM, Mr Marcus E. Solomon, also told our News Centre, “Our plan is to address, as promised to the public, the derelict vehicles on the island and ensure it sent to an external market that can treat them in an environmentally sound manner.” 

ENS Excavating & Trucking will also be responsible for cleaning up the existing site. 

The contract was signed between representatives of ENS Excavating & Trucking and the Minister of Health and Social Development Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9), under whose ministry the DWM is, on Friday, March 21, 2025. 

Hon Wheatley expressed in a social media post following the contract signing that he was happy to work with the Stoutt family “as we strive to clean up the Territory”. 

16 Responses to “Contract awarded; Work begins to remove derelicts from Havers”

  • guy hill (26/03/2025, 10:51) Like (10) Dislike (0) Reply
    Positive action. Good
  • Macko (26/03/2025, 11:12) Like (11) Dislike (7) Reply
    I want to see the amount of taxpayers money.
  • .... (26/03/2025, 11:22) Like (13) Dislike (5) Reply
    big up ur self ENS Excavating & Trucking local people doing big things
  • Eyes can See (26/03/2025, 11:59) Like (24) Dislike (2) Reply
    So the derelicts were removed from Mr. Ritter's property at a cost to relocate to Havers and now the derelicts are be removed from Havers at a cost to Pockwood Pond. Pay attention the economics its extraordinary.
    • @Eyes can see (26/03/2025, 12:57) Like (11) Dislike (2) Reply
      Mr. Donald said exportation it means a next country not Pockwood Pond.
      • Eyes can See (26/03/2025, 17:15) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
        So the bailing of the cars (first phase) before they are loaded onto the barge for exportation (second phase) where are the bails going to be kept? "AT POCKWOOD POND SITE" . Your hocus pocus stinks like Road Town sewerage!
        • @Eyes can see (27/03/2025, 16:35) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          The Havers site is being referred to by government as the Pockwood Pond Derelict Site. When this mess started the site was referred to as Upper Pockwood Pond by Government officials.
    • To Eyes can see (26/03/2025, 19:50) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
      The derelict vehicles aren't going Pockwood Pond, they are going off island via Port Purcell
  • What's the Deal (26/03/2025, 12:03) Like (12) Dislike (15) Reply
    A contract was signed for how much ? Where are the derelicts being taken? Who is going to benefit from the scrap metal and what is the deal inquiring minds want to know. The details to these types of action is always a secret...Why.
    • @What's The Deal (26/03/2025, 14:43) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
      It's a secret because the public purse is getting robbed every time.
  • Watchin (26/03/2025, 14:56) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    There’s a white derelict vehicle in the side of a Serean store by the entrance to go to D & D Preschool and Daycare and bush is growing all over it. Please remove that too. It’s been there for quite a while. Thanks
    • trudat (27/03/2025, 00:33) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      They need to start with the Junk Yard. They will get about 300 derelicts right there.
  • Tola Again (26/03/2025, 17:29) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wasn't ENS company dealing with derelict Cara by horse track yrs ago, now they get a contract to remove said vehicles. Just say government is helping it's outaide family to get reach and skim off the top.
    • To Tola Again (26/03/2025, 19:52) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
      ENS is the Director pardner dem, they does be in the bars together.
  • What!! (26/03/2025, 20:05) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Pay to take them there, pay to move them somewhere else.
    Usual stuff someone getting rich from the public purse.
  • Observer (28/03/2025, 09:15) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Anything Floyd and he son put their hands on FAILS! Let's see what happens here.


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