 Coming to you from our GIS Studios, I am Anisia Antoine and this is your media news brief. Work on the second phase of the John Compton Dam rehabilitation project, which involves the dredging of the reservoir and transport of sediment, is set to begin in June 2019. The announcement was made by Wasco's representatives, as well as the contractor who met recently with the residents of Techemen Millet, Vana, Jackmell and Envirens during a town hall style meeting. The project manager for the John Compton Dam rehabilitation project, Phase 2, David Ferrajo of Vinci Construction Maritime A Fluvial, disclosed that the suction dredge, which will be used to desilt the John Compton Dam, is already en route to St Lucia from Europe and is expected to arrive at podcast trees by April 30th. Government development plans for St Lucia have taken shape with the National Integrated Planning and Programme Unit, NIP. The NIP, established in September of 2018, is a newly formed unit within the Department of Finance. The unit's key mandate is to establish new evidence-based national infrastructure planning and programme paradigm across all relevant government agencies. The unit was officially launched on Thursday, April 25th. The NIP unit will not replace any existing structure or agency within the government of St Lucia. Instead, the unit is mandated to network with all departments to provide strong evidence-based assessments necessary for the justification and alignment of infrastructure plans and strategies to the country's national infrastructure priorities. As the cruise tourism market continues to expand, the government has identified the Castree City tourism product as a priority for St Lucia with targeted investment sites and activities aimed at making downtown castries more pleasant and attractive to St Lucia residents as well as visitors. The consultancy and design phases for several investment initiatives to revitalise downtown castries has started. These initiatives include the redevelopment of the castries market, the pedestrianisation of William Peter Boulevard, the upgrading of sidewalks, work for the improvement of the visitor experience walking through downtown castries and the Boulevard areas, the beautification of King George V Park, including the botanical gardens, improvements to traffic and parking, and a facade improvement grants programme for existing small businesses. This has been your media news brief. Thank you for watching.