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2010 number plates expected by mid-Feb
PHILIPSBURG--The 2010 number plates are expected on the island by mid-February. Island Receiver Sherry Hazel said, recently, that once the plates are here and have been checked by the department, the public will be informed when they could collect their number plates. She said the plates have to be checked to ensure that the entire order has arrived. Although the public could start paying their 2010 motor vehicle tax, Hazel said motorists are still trickling in to pay. There is usually a rush to pay when the plates arrive.[More....]
Heyliger questions why PJIA can’t give back to community
PHILIPSBURG--Commissioner in charge of Public Works Theo Heyliger has questioned why management of Princess Juliana International Airport can’t give back to the community it serves. The Commissioner was responding to the many complaints and calls about a deplorable stretch of road in Simpson Bay with pleas to repair it post haste.[More....]
Asphalt patch Work 2010.
SMNN - GREAT BAY (GIS) — The Sector of R.O.B., department of Maintenance would hereby like to inform the general public that the patch of potholes will starts as of this week. After carrying out an island wide inventory of all of the potholes, priorities has been set for which area's patching will be executed first. The priority patching will be executed to relieve the traffic congestion and danger to the road users in general.
Biker Died on the Spot in Traffic Accident --- Mother has Several Questions for Friends.
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Bellevue/St. Peters: --- Twenty-Two year- old Leonado Carter better known as Nado is the first person to lose his life on the roads on the French St. Martin. Carter died on the spot on Bellevue road after losing control of his motorcycle on Sunday morning. According to his, mother Valerie Carter her son left home around 7 am to go to the racetrack in Bellevue. She said Leonado built the bike he was riding from scratch as he first ordered a manual and then the parts online to build this bike, which he considered very special.[More....]
New Years eve bus shuttle! (Updated)
PHILIPSBURG - International Liquor Tobacco & Trading is happy to announce the launch of their New Years Eve Bus Shuttle Service that will run for the very first time this year. ILTT in collaboration with Mirabelle West, have spearheaded this project in an effort to reduce drunken driving, traffic & parking congestion and increase pedestrian safety on a night of feting and fun. [More....]
Runway end safety area and road rerouting bids received
PHILIPSBURG - PJIAE on Monday Morning December 21, 2009 took another step in the development of the airport facilities with the opening of the bids from contractors in their presence for the diversion of the eastern airport road, extension of the runway and the implementation of the runway end safety areas (RESAs). Two construction companies – Windward Roads Infrastructure and MNO Vervat St. Maarten – had been invited to bid on the project. [More....]
Police announce plans to close front and backstreet
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - PJIAE on Monday Morning December 21, 2009 took another step in the development of the airport facilities with the opening of the bids from contractors in their presence for the diversion of the eastern airport road, extension of the runway and the implementation of the runway end safety areas (RESAs).
Two construction companies – Windward Roads Infrastructure and MNO Vervat St. Maarten – had been invited to bid on the project. Based on the bids received Windward Roads Infrastructure offered to carry out the works for NAf. 17,546,900.00 and MNO Vervat St. Maarten offered NAf.16,983,847.00
Cannegieter street and Cayhill road now opened
SXM Island Times - PHILIPSBURG - The Cannegieter street in the vicinity of the Windward Island Bank and the Scotia Bank, was temporarily opened on Friday afternoon.
The road is being opened at this time to facilitate the heavy flow of traffic that Philipsburg and surrounding areas are currently being affected by.
Two die in early morning accident on St. Martin
SXM Island Times - MARIGOT - A fatal road traffic accident took place on Friday morning on the French side of the island.
According to a report issued by the Gendarmes on Friday, shortly before 08:00Hrs on the RN 7, a serious accident took place in the area between Hope and the pond Chevrise.
Despite the intervention of the firefighters and SMUR, two people, in this case a child of nine years and half and a woman of forty years, died.
Mother and Son dead—Three hospitalized in Early Morning Accident.(UPDATED)
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Savanne:--- A mother and her son is now dead, while three other persons are nursing severe injuries after an early morning accident in La Savane. According to preliminary information the woman and her children were driving along La Savane main road as she was taking her children to school when the driver of the car lost control. The victims have been identified as Gemma Renault (40) and her nine-year-old son Nicolas Donaldson (9) both nationals of Dominica. [More....]
