Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Ian Gooding Edghill in the drivers seat turning the key to start one of the buses.
Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources, Ian Gooding Edghill has said that Barbadians will now be able to experience the comfort of thirty-three new electric buses imported by the Government as the fleet, which is the first and largest in the Caribbean, will be on the road from today. He delivered remarks at this morning’s handing over ceremony of the buses at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, Wildey, St Michael.
The thirty-three electric buses along with the fifty-nine units operating in the Transport Augmentation Program and the current diesel fleet should ease the difficulties that commuters currently face, the minister stated.
He disclosed that funding for this project was handled as a separate capital project and funds were paid directly to the Build Your Own Dreams (BYD) high-tech company devoted to technological innovations founded in February 1995. All additional funds were disbursed for activities undertaken in Barbados, as payment became due. This approach ensured that in the event of an audit, the project would pass every level of security into the use of public funds.
