Gov’t purchases heavy-duty machine for road works
Residents may have seen this massive contraption sluggishly traversing Tortola — travelling from the main island’s eastern end and heading west.
It’s called a road/asphalt milling machine and it is one of the government’s latest purchases.
Effectively, the function of this machine is to remove the top layer of asphalt from a street, parking lot or driveway without disturbing the sub-base. Once the asphalt is milled up, it is taken to an asphalt plant where it’s screened and sized again and then used to make new pavement.
Sources inside the Works Ministry told our news centre that the machine is new and will soon undergo testing. The cost of the machine has not yet been disclosed.
In the meantime, the purchase of this machine follows Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley and Works Minister Kye Rymer’s announcement that roads on the eastern end of Tortola will be in pristine condition in time for the inaugural American Airlines flight that is expected to happen in June 2023.
Effectively, the function of this machine is to remove the top layer of asphalt from a street, parking lot or driveway without disturbing the sub-base. Once the asphalt is milled up, it is taken to an asphalt plant where it’s screened and sized again and then used to make new pavement.
Sources inside the Works Ministry told our news centre that the machine is new and will soon undergo testing. The cost of the machine has not yet been disclosed.
In the meantime, the purchase of this machine follows Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley and Works Minister Kye Rymer’s announcement that roads on the eastern end of Tortola will be in pristine condition in time for the inaugural American Airlines flight that is expected to happen in June 2023.
