{"id":11783,"date":"2020-01-29T09:09:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T14:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=11783"},"modified":"2020-01-29T09:13:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T14:13:22","slug":"rda-drops-derelict-boat-removal-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/rda-drops-derelict-boat-removal-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"RDA drops derelict boat removal plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

In May, salvagers, marine surveyors and other contractors attended a workshop where they learned about a project that was slated to be the Recovery and Development Agency\u2019s biggest yet: removing more than 200 derelict boats from the waters around the territory.<\/p>\n

Starting in the summer, the selected contractor was expected to break down and discard boats stranded in seven areas.<\/p>\n

But now, the tendering process for the project has been cancelled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter careful consideration of all factors, there are elements of the project that affect the ability to progress into the next stage of the procurement process. In the absence of specific timelines for the resolution of these matters, it has been decided not to seek an additional extension to the validity of the tenders\u201d from Nov. 15, according to a Dec. 4 statement on the RDA\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

RDA Head of Communications Colene Penn declined to elaborate on why the tenders were cancelled or how much headway the RDA had made before scrapping the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statement is our communication on the matter, so all information relevant to the cancellation is included in the statement,\u201d Ms. Penn said.<\/p>\n

Though the RDA \u2014 which was established in April 2018 to lead the recovery effort for five years \u2014 reportedly has spent as much as $400,000 per month on operating costs, it has struggled to complete major projects, apparently because of a funding shortage amid tensions with the central government.<\/p>\n

As of the second anniversary of Irma in September it had completed only four projects worth about $2.5 million and reported spending just $2.3 million more on contracts for eight others that were in the works.<\/p>\n

The RDA has not fully explained its funding situation, however, and RDA CEO Paul Bayly has repeatedly declined interviews with the Beacon.<\/p>\n

\u2018Shrugged their shoulders\u2019<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Captain Raman Bala, acting director of the Virgin Islands Shipping Registry, learned that the tenders had been cancelled recently while visiting the RDA\u2019s offices to check on another project, he said.<\/p>\n

An RDA official mentioned to him that the agency would not be proceeding with the boat removal, and when Mr. Bala asked why, the official \u201cshrugged their shoulders, smiled and left,\u201d Mr. Bala said.<\/p>\n

He has yet to receive an explanation for why the RDA has sidelined this project, though he was surprised by this development given how much progress had already been made, he said.<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Bala, boats had been identified and marked, and several meetings had been held with contractors who had submitted tenders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know the reason why this has [been cancelled], but I do know that there is a lot of work that has been done,\u201d Mr. Bala added.<\/p>\n

Chris Juredin of Commerical Dive Services, which had been asked by one of the tenderers to subcontract some of the work, said that the cancellation was \u201cfrustrating,\u201d but he hopes that the RDA revisits the project at some point.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be great for it to go ahead,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cFor the territory as a whole it would be closure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image:\u00a0 Wikimedia Commons<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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