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Will It Finally Happen? Bryan Asks Senate for $8.2 Million to Complete Paul E. Joseph Stadium

ST. CROIX — The completion of the Paul E. Joseph Stadium in Frederiksted, which broke ground during the waning days of the John P. de Jongh administration and went through all sorts of changes under the Kenneth Mapp administration, is getting yet another go at completion, this time under the administration of the current governor, who recently forwarded legislation to the Senate seeking an extra $8.2 million to complete the work. In April of last year, Governor Albert Bryan said there was $30 million in place to build the stadium, and that his administration would try to work with what was available. “What we’re going to try to do is build it within the scope of the money we have,” the governor said. “We got the money from the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for the expansion of the drainage and everything.” Now, however, Mr. Bryan is asking the Senate to provide the additional funding from the Internal Revenue Matching Fund to complete the work. The Government House release did not ...