VI Paving, Waiting For 'Notice To Proceed' From Government, Says It's Ready To Get To Work

ST. CROIX -- Virgin Islands Paving (V.I.P.A.), established in 1981, told The Consortium on Tuesday that the company was up and running and has been ready to get on with paving roads on St. Croix for at least two weeks. The comments follow Governor Kenneth Mapp's statement during his Monday hurricane recovery press briefing, held at the West Indian Company (W.I.C.O.) in St. Thomas, where the territory's leader -- responding to a question about the condition of the roads -- said all the paving companies in the USVI -- one in St. Thomas and two on St. Croix -- were damaged by the storms and, as of Monday, could not perform work on the worsening thoroughfares. Residents were complaining about the poor state of many of the roads before Hurricanes Irma and Maria, but the situation got worse following the storms and the incessant rain, which has caused heavy erosion in some areas. On the east end of St. Croix, just past the Cheese Burgers in Paradise Restaurant and near the Chenay B...