WAPA Board Approves $10.9 Million Contract For Queen Mary Highway Undergrounding Project

J Benton Construction secures the contract to move electrical infrastructure underground, with a 52-week timeline set for completion; FEMA to fund the project with HUD funding providing the local match

On Thursday, the Governing Board of the V.I. Water and Power Authority met to consider a recommendation that J Benton Construction be awarded the contract to move WAPA’s electrical infrastructure along the Queen Mary Highway underground, the first of three phases of work along that transportation artery.

‌Matthias Clark, a WAPA mechanical engineer presenting to the board, noted that the undergrounding work would be performed between the Industrial Road and the Eddie Ortiz Drive intersections. “The scope includes certain things like site surveying, excavation, installation of conduits and cables, other electrical equipment, final acceptance and testing and resurfacing of the asphalt,” he explained.‌