This project will construct new cargo port facilities and associated access roads on reclaimed land near the existing Kingstown Harbour, providing essential climate resilient infrastructure for economic activity on the island.
This project will construct new cargo port facilities and associated access roads on reclaimed land near the existing Kingstown Harbour, providing essential climate resilient infrastructure for economic activity on the island. A new marine sewer line will protect and improve the sustainability of thesurrounding marine environment. The project will increase the efficiency of port services, and facilitate economic growth, while protecting the marine environment and providing livelihood support for project-affected persons.
" The project will increase the efficiency of port services, and facilitate economic growth, while protecting the marineenvironment and providing livelihood support for project-affected persons. "
This project will construct new cargo port facilities and associated access roads on reclaimed land near the existing Kingstown Harbour, providing essential climate resilient infrastructure for economic activity on the island. A new marine sewer line will protect and improve the sustainability of the surrounding marine environment. The project will increase the efficiency of port services, and facilitate economic growth, while protecting the marine environment and providing livelihood support for project-affected persons.
With technical assistance completed in 2019, the project is set to handed over and opened in May 2025.
110,000 residents will benefit from improved access tomodern and efficient port services,which will facilitate better access togoods and services and greatereconomic opportunities.
This project has been made possible through a grant from the United Kingdom Government under the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF), which provides grant funding forclimate-resilient infrastructure projects to encourage growth and to support improved livelihoods, poverty reduction and safer conditions for residents. UKCIF is administered by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
