Paul E. Joseph Stadium Groundbreaking Event Planned For July 6

With the additional $480,000 requested by Governor Kenneth Mapp for work on the Paul E. Joseph Stadium approved by lawmakers, the administration has set a July 6 date for a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off one of the most delayed projects in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Senators on Wednesday approved the additional funding, which Mr. Mapp said was needed to mitigate potential flooding issues, among other uses. Attending the affair will be the governor, Lieutenant Governor Osbert Potter, and Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Pedro Cruz. The ad is requesting the presence of community members as well. The groundbreaking event comes well past two years into the Mapp administration, after the governor stopped construction -- which started during the waning days of the de Jongh Administration -- contending that a proper plan was not in place. In fact, the July 6 groundbreaking will be the second such event for the same project in just over two years, with the first happe...