St. Peter’s Raise Up - New Road, New Energy, New Possibility

St. Peter’s wake up sweet Wednesday morning wid real history under dem foot bottom. After years of rough patches, dusty detours and plenty talk, the St. Peter’s Main Road and the F.T. Williams Highway East officially reopen — and people from all cross the area turn out fi witness the transformation.

EC $31 million spend pon a project dat fix more than a roadway; it fix a whole mood. Sidewalks clean, roundabout neat, highway smooth like butter, and the whole area look like a place preparing fi the next decade, not stuck in the last one.

Prime Minister Terrance Drew, de Parliamentary Rep for St. Peter’s, come home fi cut ribbon and talk truth. He remind the crowd that he grow up right deh — walking risky roads from the then St. Peter’s Primary, dodging traffic, and watching accident after accident happen because children had no safe space fi walk.

“Never again,” he tell de crowd, his voice full o’ memory and mission. “This community deserve development, dignity and recognition. Not tomorrow — now.”

He big up Public Works Minister Konris Maynard, calling him “100% committed,” and salute Rock & Dirt and the Public Works Department for delivering work that genuinely lift the whole district.

From teachers to students, from pensioners to young contractors dreaming of the next opportunity — people proud. Real proud. Because this wasn’t a rush job. This was deliberate, designed, discussed, and finally delivered.

Konris Maynard put it simple: “This is more than road. This is opportunity. Vision meet will. Progress follow.”

The upgrades go far: base stabilisation, asphalt resurfacing, new retaining walls, wider roads, sidewalk networks, that big, beautiful roundabout by St. Peter’s Anglican, and slip lane improvements by Shadwell. Everything thought out fi pedestrian safety, better traffic flow and a community that feel seen.

People endure long months of construction, but today, they smiling. Because the result worthy. Because St. Peter’s look like a place dat know its value.

This reopening is part of a national road push — over $80 million invested in recent years across St. Kitts — but this one hit different. Because St. Peter’s long fight finally meet long overdue respect.

Run Di Chat view: When community, government, and vision link up — road nuh just road. Road become pride, progress and possibility. St. Peter’s step into a new chapter today, and the whole Federation feeling the lift.