In his new year address to the nation earlier this year, Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre promised that major infrastructural works will be intensified throughout 2025, with significant investments in houses, seaports, airports and roads. 

In laying the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure before the House on March 25, the prime minister indicated that the largest share of the developmental portion of the budget will be allocated to the Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Roads.

"The net capital expenditure will be EC$325, 590, 089 dollars. This projected $325.6 million represents an 8.8 percent increase over the amount approved for the 2024/2025 Estimates. Of the total allocation of $325.6 million for capital expenditure, EC$122.8 million or 27 percent is proposed for the Departmentt of Infrastructure, representing the largest share of the developmental budget," the prime minister explained. 

He further outlined the projects to be financed this year which include the replacement of the Choc Bridge and various renewable-energy projects.

"The amount will be utilized as follows: design finance construct payments, $52.4M; the Millennium Highway and West Coast Road Project, $25.5M; road maintennce and improvement, $8M; Choc Bridge construction, $8.2M; renewable energy sector projects, $4M; and other infrastructural projects including repairs to the government buildings and the desilting of rivers, $24.7M--totaling $122.8 million."

The Government of Saint Lucia also hopes to intensify the rate of pothole repair works along the island's roads. The prime minister said a new pothole patcher truck has been commissioned in order to expedite the pace of road rehabilitation, islandwide.