Page 10 - The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer Issue-1158-06012017

Page 10 The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday January 6, 2017 LOCAL NEWS

NHLD quarry adds more construction material
At competitive prices

Minister of Public Works, Housing and Land the
Hon. Alexis Jeffers

By Monique Washington

Nevis Housing and Land In 2013 the NHLDC took
Development Coopera- over the Government
tion has secured four quarry from a Jamaican
pieces of equipment that company.
will allow the cost of
building housing and “This quarry was operat-
roads not to increase in ed by a company that
the near future. was constructing roads.
They were in complete
The NHLDC purchased control of the resources
a Terex Finley I-100 here, I want to be specif-
impactor crusher, ana- ic, the resources of the
conda three deck screen, people of Nevis,” he
3 ½ yards frontend said.
loader, 29 ton excavator
to the value of Jeffers said The Nevis
US$600,000 (EC$1.6 Housing and Land
million). The equipment Development is now in a
produces material such position to offer materi-
as crushed stone, quarry als.
sand, bedding material
and rough based material “We have supplied pub-
as well as produces
around 200 yards per day instead is using the mate- bring meaningful usage 1- 1½ “yield some to see the end to the lic works, supplied water
and is being sold less rials for the benefit of the to this product we have returns.” importation of aggregate
than other distributors. people of Nevis. decided to do so,” he from overseas because department and have
said. So far, it has been “Over 450 yards has we are capable here on
On location at the “We feel we have productive. been sold to a business the island we have a done significant business
Government’s quarry at resources here that will entity in St. Kitts. We number of quarries on
New River on Thursday, last for years to come and Mr. Jeffers said the quar- have approached various the island that is compli- with the private sector.
Minister of Public instead of having it sit- ry has already began fill- markets to let them know menting to what is there.
Works, Housing and ting here and having it ing requests from compa- that we are capable of We do believe that can We will see the cost of
Land the Hon. Alexis utilized by foreign enti- nies in St. Kitts and in the supplying material nec- sustain the market on the
Jeffers said the quarry is ties or persons who are near future will be able to essary to make concert or island of Nevis,” Jeffers construction being main-
not trying to compete not in the position to export material to neigh- any other construction said.
with private sector but make proper use and to boring islands and by a product. We would like tained as low as possible

and we won’t see any

further increases,

because of the cost of

importation of some of

these aggregates,” Jeffers

concluded.