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Horsepath ‘dip’ to be corrected

Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) met with residents of Horsepath recently and provided an update on upcoming works that will be done on the dip to enhance its design and functionality. Photo: GIS
Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has stated that the Horsepath dip that has been a longstanding issue with motorists and residents is to be rectified. Photo: GIS
Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has stated that the Horsepath dip that has been a longstanding issue with motorists and residents is to be rectified. Photo: GIS
HORSEPATH, Tortola, VI- Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has stated that the Horsepath dip that has been a longstanding issue with motorists and residents is to be rectified.

Honourable Rymer met with residents of the community and provided an update on upcoming works that will be done on the dip to enhance its design and functionality, a press release from Government Information Services (GIS) today, August 29, 2023, informed.

“We have Mr. Percival here who is mostly affected in terms of his property,” Honourable Rymer said, adding that motorists have also experienced difficulties with the way the dip is designed.

“Noting this issue, the Public Works Department went out and did a design for this area, and today we are here to present what we are intending to do to correct this dip,” the Minister said.

Changes to traffic flow

He also explained the upcoming changes to the traffic flow that will occur once the works begin.

Deputy Director of the Public Works Department, Mr Kurt Hodge gave a brief presentation of the plans for the reconstruction of the dip and addressed concerns by those persons in attendance.

It is unclear at this time when will work on correcting the dip will start and what would be the duration.

Director of Public Works Mr Jeremy W. Hodge told our news centre, PWD is working on the logistics and an update will be provided shortly.

16 Responses to “Horsepath ‘dip’ to be corrected”

  • What he looking? (29/08/2023, 12:27) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Is that ndp 1 and 2 pow?
  • eye roll (29/08/2023, 12:50) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    And how long did it take for you to finally make a move to have the problem fixed???
  • asura (29/08/2023, 13:56) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    KYE SECURING HIS REEELCTION
  • Hmm (29/08/2023, 14:11) Like (6) Dislike (12) Reply
    It is the natural ghut/flow of the land. I hope he takes consideration when there's a large flow of water.
    • Migoman (29/08/2023, 18:27) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      Yup. Theyre always working against nature. Reminds me of purcell road(or purcell ghut). Back in the days, the public made it a habit to drive through that ghut. Later on, they decided to use the ghut as an official road, using it to access land by breaking away pieces of the ghuts wall for entry(hence bendown and the rest of the nearby properties). After being so frustrated because water flowed through the natural GHUT and flooded parked cars on the GHUT, they THEN took it a step further and dug the ghut down lower, ran pipes underneath the ghut and paved over it to 'fix up' their 'road' (think about all that s**t for a min) so that the heavy waters from johnsons GHUT doesnt naturally flow through the original ghut, but rather run underneath and doesnt affect their "road".
      Nature still won. Ask Irma and the Aug 2017 flooding.
  • MCW is for every district...not the 5th alone (29/08/2023, 14:43) Like (8) Dislike (3) Reply
    But this man only fixing up his district?
    • Truth (30/08/2023, 06:32) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
      Not true other than those steel buildings this will be his first project that would improve his district.
  • how soon? (29/08/2023, 14:46) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
    How soon is he going to tackle the island wide power outages and water shortages????
  • @ HMM (29/08/2023, 17:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    THOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS ALSO , ROOM FOR WATER TO FLOW DOWN THERE FREELY WHEN WE HAVE HEAVY RAINS SO THST VEHICLES CAN GO UP UMOR DOWN
  • @ HMM (29/08/2023, 17:54) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    AS I WAS SAYING , THOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS TOO , THERE HAS TO BE ROOM FOR WATER TO FLOW DOWN THERE FREELY , SO THAT VEHICLES CAN BE ABLE TO GO UP OR DOWN WHEN THERE IS HEAVY RAINS AND THAT WILL BE VERY GREAT ALSO , ESPECIALLY IN CASES OF EMERGENCY
  • Echo (29/08/2023, 18:37) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    Simple pot holes they cannot, is that dip they could fix???????? Year go year come and every single pot hole they fix breaks out months and sometimes weeks after and breaks out worse than before. This leads me to believe Public Work Department have no "Engineers" so I definitely have no confidence in them!!!!!!!
  • ccc (29/08/2023, 18:53) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Easy. But after this project they will put nothing into upkeep.
  • Real People (29/08/2023, 20:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Forth hill by water and sewage reservoir. Decades now it seems it been that way driving through a hundred bumps all at once
  • hmm (30/08/2023, 02:19) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Big meeting and news story to fix a dip??? Meanwhile ask the roads in the BVI are a mess with craters and pot holes? Oh yeah this road is by the Minisrers and h I s not he er in law house. People still don’t have regular daily running water, sewerage still running in the streets, 7 and 8 districts still look like a ghetto with some of the worst roads, sargassum stench still choking us, roads going west still dark and sea wall not built

    But we talking about A DIP in the road!
  • election (30/08/2023, 07:26) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    The one pothole that might get fixed between now and next election
  • big shit (30/08/2023, 07:52) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    MB Can't even do anything for horse part he has no chance!


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