Scotts Head Jetty Project
Project Background
To increase redundancy capabilities for emergency evacuation of the Soufriere Bay communities in the event of major natural disasters and to enhance overall resiliency, the construction of a jetty in the Scotts Head village was required.
It is not unusual for either Soufriere or Scotts Head to suffer major coastal upheaval caused by hurricanes, but it is very rare for both of them to suffer extensive damages to their local infrastructure at the same time, as occurred during Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Building a second jetty in the village of Scotts Head, as a complement to the recently built jetty in the Village of Soufriere at the opposite side of the Soufriere Bay, was therefore a logical addition to community infrastructure.