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A New North-South Road in St Lucia?

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - November 26, 2014

Above: St Lucia (CJ Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Is St Lucia closer to having a new north-south route on the island?

The government is launching a feasibility study to determine the possibility of constructing a new route to link the north and south of the island, it announced this week.

It’s not the first time the idea has been broached, however.

The north-south link road was first examined in a study in 2001, but the new study will have to examine a range of factors, from climate resilience considerations to updated traffic numbers.

The study is being funded by a grant from the Caribbean Development Bank and the government of St Lucia.

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