SENATOR THANKS LT. GOVERNOR FOR QUICK RESPONSE TO VETERANS DRIVE MAP FLAP

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Senator Alma Francis Heyliger thanked the lieutenant governor for his quick response to her concerns regarding the premature naming of Veterans Drive after a former governor.

In her letter to Lt. Gov. Tregenza Roach, Senator Francis Heyliger pointed out an error on USVI MapsGeo which indicated that Veterans’ Drive Promenade is now “John de Jongh, Jr. Promenade.”

However, that name change has not yet been officially signed into law, according to the St. Thomas senator.

On November 30, 2021, the Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, of which Senator Francis Heyliger is a member, considered Bill 34-0150 which sought to name the walkway and improvements adjacent to the Veterans Drive Highway on the island of St. Thomas the after former Governor John de Jongh, Jr. The measure did not pass in the committee as there was not a quorum of Senators present to vote.