UWP Senator Isaac Baptiste has called out the Chairperson of the Castle Bruce Village Council on remarks she made recently that a lot of development has taken place in Castle Bruce. Angelica Gasper told party supporters at the recent launch of the Dominica Labour Party’s Octavia Alfred in Castle Bruce, that she was certain they had seen “lots of development” as they came to the village. Baptiste has challenged Gasper to spell out the developments in Castle Bruce, since according to him, he was not aware of many developments taking place in the community. He said he knew of two projects being undertaken Castle Bruce, some of which he said will benefit the community”, but most are purely for political gain.”
Baptista who is a City Planner and Architect by profession said, “the Projects that are happening in Castle Bruce are the apartment buildings in Sikwi”. However, his view is that those buildings erected near to the playing field are inappropriate housing and are improperly located. He added “Once the people move in, there will be a problem because the location is inappropriate”. Baptiste laments that the Wakaman road, which was non-motorable for years, was hurriedly paved in 3 days, to facilitate the launch of the Labour Party Candidate, Octavia Alfred. The UWP Senator welcomed the building of a new bridge over Senhouse River which had been broken down for more than 2 years. However, he contends that nothing has been done in terms of job creation for the area. Baptiste emphasized that the people need jobs. Baptiste said the agricultural sector in the community has been destroyed and is non-existent – a strategy, he claims is being used by the ruling DLP to make people in the rural areas become dependent on the Parliamentary Representative and the Dominica Labour Party. He suggests that the Village Council Chairperson spell out what she meant when she said there is a lot happening in the Castle Bruce Constituency. He cautioned her about misinforming the people. College students claim they have not seen much development in Castlebruce. Angelica Gasper has been a Councillor for more than 12 years and has been Chairperson for two terms or six years, but the Castle Bruce Village Council office is still under tarpaulin, 20 months after the passage of Hurricane Maria.
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