Ministerial Statement by the Minister of Public Works, Lt. Col. the Hon. David A. Burch, OBE (Mil), ED, JP, MP

Good Morning Mr. Speaker.

Last November I reported extensively on the plan for the complete refurbishment of King’s Wharf at the Royal Naval Dockyard – one of our two deep water cruise berths built in 1987/88.

The main structure comprised a structural steel frame encased in reinforced concrete, with reinforced concrete slabs - constructed at a cost of $9 Million dollars.

Last week, the Minister of Public Works, Lt. Col. the Hon. David A. Burch, OBE (Mil), ED, JP, MP, addressed the graduates of the 5th Grow! Eat! $ave! programme.

Grow! Eat! $ave! is an initiative of Nutrition Services of the Department of Health with the aim of encouraging the public to eat more vegetables, teach sustainable nutrition and at the same time save money. It is offered to the public free of charge.

Ministerial Statement by the Minister of Public Works, Lt. Col. the Hon. David A. Burch, OBE (Mil), ED, JP, MP

Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
I am pleased to table the Bermuda Housing Trust Audited Financial Statements for the year 2017/18 and to report that not only are they up-to-date in their annual audits but are also in a healthy financial position.

Good afternoon.

I’m joined today by the General Manager of the Bermuda Housing Corporation, Major Barrett Dill.

The Mission Statement of the Bermuda Housing Corporation is:
“To provide accessibility to adequate, affordable housing and promote independent living to enhance the quality of life in Bermuda.”

The Department of Parks is seeking proposals from suitable concessionaires to provide beach/park concession services at eight (8) public parklands for the summer season 2019 (1 April to 31 October).

Locations of these concessions and square footage is detailed below:

Good afternoon and welcome to the Government Quarry in Bailey’s Bay –the principal location of the Department of Works & Engineering – the home of the Asphalt Plant, Recycling Plant, Ministry Stores, Heavy Equipment and repair shops.

This has been a long journey, an almost two year one to provide modern, state of the art Stores facility and Heavy Machinery Repair Shop.

We are here today to conduct the traditional Bermudian roof wetting of two buildings.

The Ministry of Public Works is reminding its piped water customers in Devonshire, Smiths, and Hamilton parishes that starting Tuesday, 26 February, 2019, the Ministry will begin work on repairing and replacing the water mains along Middle Road, Fort Hill Road and Watlington Road East which feed these parishes.

Some points the Ministry wished those affected customers to be aware of:

As the public is aware, Bermuda Marathon Weekend events get underway tomorrow (18 January), and the Ministry of Public Works is reminding of the road restrictions/closures that will be in place tomorrow through 20, January.

The public is encouraged to plan ahead to avoid traffic delays.

Tomorrow, 18, January 2019: Front Street Mile from 6.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m., the following road closures will be in effect:

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to comment on the West End Development Corporation (Wedco) and the Bermuda Land Development Company (BLDC) Reports for various periods.
Let me begin with the West End Development Corporations (Wedco) Annual Reports for operating years 2016 and 2017.

Good afternoon.

I am pleased to join Mr. Frank Ross of Aecon, the Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Public Works, Mr. Yves Lortie and of course our two shining stars Mr. Jamar Dill and Mr. Zeeko Johnston.

Before getting to the specifics of today’s conference – it is useful to highlight some of the steps that have brought us to this place.

The Ministry of Public Works participates and supports our staff in a variety of educational and professional endeavors, such as the Basic Employee, Foreman and Superintendent Training Program (known as BeFAST).