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'Bridge To Nowhere' Heading Somewhere As Mapp Administration Breaks Ground; Projected Completion Date Is Early 2018

ST. THOMAS -- Governor Kenneth Mapp, members of his administration, and an official of the Federal Highway Administration (F.H.A.) ceremonially broke ground on Tuesday for the long stalled Turpentine Run Road Project, known as the "Bridge to Nowhere", Government House has announced. The $9.5 million project began over 20 years ago with construction of a concrete bridge over the Turpentine Run gut, but stalled when adjacent land acquisitions hit a dead end. The governor, Department of Public Works Commissioner Gustav James and F.H.A. Assistant Division Administrator Michael Avery, described the project as primarily necessary for flood mitigation, according to Government House. However, the release added, Mr. Mapp noted that the completed project would make the intersection safer and relieve traffic congestion in the Estate Nadir area as accelerated development will result from the planned enhancement of the nearby Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack. The Government of the Virgin Islands has a f...