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Government will seek to take action this year on the allocation of lands for housing development in the Marigot area.

Housing Minister, Hon. Reginald Austrie says a housing development project in close proximity to the Melville Hall Airport initiated by the former United Workers Party Government several years ago was unsuccessful.

“If you can recall the United Workers Party was about to build these steel frame buildings that were not suitable for the area for obvious reasons. As a matter of fact if one goes there now you will not see one piece of steel standing because all has been eaten away by the sea salt…in the area. Squatters have since moved in there,” the Minister noted.

Hon. Austrie says Government is concerned about the housing needs of the Marigot constituents and will seek to move forward in bringing relief to the people of the Marigot constituency soon.

“Our surveyors have gone in there, done the proper subdivisions. We have to move some houses and consider the road infrastructure. A document will be presented to Cabinet shortly to take a decision as to how we move with the allocation with those lands in the Marigot area.”

Minister Austrie says this is one of several projects earmarked for people of the Marigot Constituency in the new year.