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CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Works advance to upgrade the Philip S. W. Goldson Highway under the Belize Fifth Road Project.
ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE Infrastructure projects under implementation during 2017 included the construction and upgrading of approximately 32 km of roads, benefitting over 130,000 men, women, boys and girls in Belize, BVI, Guyana, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In The Bahamas, the Bank supported the installation of water supply infrastructure that improved access to water for 1,150 households. Under the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund (UKCIF), implementation advanced for a project in Antigua and Barbuda, which will construct and upgrade approximately 8.7 km of roads, benefitting approximately 65,000 people. CDB also hosted two regional workshops targeting professionals in the transport and urban sectors. These stakeholder engagements were critical components of the process for updating the Bank’s sector policies. The Bank also advanced initiatives to mainstream climate-resilience planning in the road transport and water sectors in the Caribbean.
The Bank approved 10 capital and eight technical assistance interventions in the energy and transport sectors in Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Belize; BVI; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Montserrat; Saint Lucia; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. These included six technical assistance interventions and one capital project supported through UKCIF. A capital project for road infrastructure rehabilitation was also approved for Antigua and Barbuda. The expected outcome of this project is increased efficiency, climate resilience and improved safety of road transport along selected primary highways in Antigua and Barbuda. Under UKCIF, a seaport redevelopment project was approved for Montserrat, and is expected to lead to improved efficiency, effectiveness and resilience of the port facilities, and to provide a safe harbour and accessibility to its users. In addition, CDB approved feasibility and design studies for road infrastructure in Belize, Grenada, Guyana and Saint Lucia through UKCIF. Under the Fund, the Bank also approved feasibility and design studies for marine