Capital Investment Programme for Resilient Economic Growth
Montserrat Secondary School Rehabilitation Project
Funded By: CIPREG Programme, FCDO
Status: Active
This Project includes a range of initiatives to improve the physical conditions of Montserrat's only secondary school. A number of projects are already complete or underway, including: a new Pupil Support Unit, the creation of a new staff facility, the protection of an open U-Drain, and the structural assessment of key buildings. Further Projects to rehabilitate two (currently abandoned) school buildings, as well as to improve the library and staffroom facilities, are underway.
Status: Active
This Project will provide a new airport runway surface at the John A. Osborne Airport in Montserrat, in line with the regulatory requirements of Air Safety Support International (ASSI). The Project has successfully completed preliminary and detailed design stages with teh support of AVIA NG Consultants, and is currently tendering for the construction phase of the Project. The aim is to have completed the runway resurfacing by the end of March 2021. A separate project for the construction of a new airport control tower is also underway.
Airport Runway Resurfacing
Funded By: CIPREG Programme, DFID
Montserrat HOspital Project
Funded By: CIPREG Programme, FCDO
Status: Active
The Government of Montserrat signed a contract with ‘Article 25’ for the preliminary design of the island’s new national hospital. Article 25 is an international architectural organisation based in the United Kingdom (UK), with impressive experience in health facility design, amongst a portfolio including more than 90 architectural projects across 34 countries. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), the designers will be responsible for reviewing previous design work, and generating new and costed architectural options for a facility with a minimum of 24 beds, with the capacity for expansion to meet peak demands.
Status: Active
In October 2019 Government of Montserrat through the Capital Investment Programme for Resilient Economic Growth (CIPREG) signed a landmark multi-million-dollar deal with Southern Caribbean Fiber (SCF), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digicel Group, for the installation and maintenance of a new subsea fibre optic cable system. In January, surveying works on land and sea were conducted to map the route towards the proposed location of the Branching Unit, northeast of Montserrat. The marine survey is part of the work required to install a new subsea fibre optic cable system for Montserrat which will reconnect the island to the global information superhighway, via submarine fibre optic cables linked to Antigua and Guadeloupe. The installation of the cable is expected to be conducted in the second quarter of 2020
Submarine Fibre Optic Project
Funded By: CIPREG Programme, FCDO
Social Housing Studies
Funded By: CIPREG Programme, FCDO
Status: Active
Two workstreams for the future development of Montserrat's social housing are underway. The first, will assess the current social housing system and model, and develop improvements for its future sustainability. The second will provide new design proposals for the next phase of social housing development on island, mapped to our specific context and needs. Both of these initiatives are in the final stages of procurement.