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David A. Burch

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16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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[INAUDI BLE] A total of 16 projects are underway. The nine projects currently ongoing are as follows: • Flatt’s Bridge handrail project —work underway; • Artemis building B interior work —started May 21, 2021, duration eigh t weeks ; • Elbow Beach Access —May 17, 2021, dur ation five weeks. Substantial completion has been achieved with the steps poured and …
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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At Elbow Beach again, • Elbow Beach Access —May 17, 2021, dur ation five weeks. Substantial completion has been achieved with the steps poured and in place. Waiting on fabrication and installation of handrails , which should be complete in two to three weeks ; • New Plant Inspection Building at Botanical Gardens —started May 24, duration 16 weeks ; …
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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[INAUDIBLE] Fourte en out of 93 companies have been awarded stimulus contracts. We are very pleased with the response to the stimulus programme thus far from both contractors and likely employees, all of whom want to get to work and help the economy improve. These projects are 1718 16 Jul y 2021 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly bearing …
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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They have already been [INAUDIBLE], Mr. Speaker.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, not at this time. The Parks staff are paid overtime on weekends to address the Railway Trail. I and they get reg ular calls [about] areas in need of attention, so I would invite the MP to share that information and we will get it onto the list.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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I did not hear the question, Mr. Speaker.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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I can get that information.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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I would say that in some cases the answer would be, it is called stimulus because we had a significant reduction in our capital accounts expenditure for 2021. And so some of the work that is being done is done regularly by Public Works staff. So what we are doing is taking advantage of the opportunity for extra funding to …
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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That would be correct. We were reduced. We have also had a freeze in a number of jobs into our government. And so we are not filling those posts . So what that means is that as an example, the road crews or the parks crews are still carrying out their functions of — [Audio difficulties]
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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So the answer is yes. [INAUDIBLE ] for the reason of new posts causes us not to be able to get to the regularly scheduled work of cutting school fields and roadside work. And so this is assisting in that regard.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the sti mulus package is as a direct result of COVID -19 and the number of people who are unemployed . So what we have done is put to the Ministry of Finance a pr oposal to improve the infrastructure and employ people from the private sector to assist in that regard. The Ministry of Finance gave us …
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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—put those people who are unemployed, to employ them.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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Yes. I am moving all around the office. I expect people to come at lunchtime to help us out.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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I am going to give it a try.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I wish to be associated with the condolences to the family of Mr. Leroy Riley, who I think was a mentor to many of us, and spoke wisdom. I would also like congratulations to be sent to a constituent of mine, Mr. Speaker, Ms. Edith Lorraine Douglas, who [INAUDIBLE ] coming goes 100 years old. She has …
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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And when I told her that I was the son of Ellis Burch, whom she knew, I was in like Flynn. So I shall be visiting on Sunday. But she is a sprightly 100- year-old, and I wish her the warmest of congratulations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think I have sorted out my technical difficulties.
16 Jul 2021 House of Assembly
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There we go.