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PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a $1.8m community centre and hurricane shelter in Central Pines, Abaco, yesterday which he said will be capable of accommodating 800 people during a hurricane.
“The Disaster Reconstruction Authority in partnership with The Bahamas Hope Foundation, Sol Relief, and Ernst and Young is set to build the Abaco centre,” he said. “This facility will serve as a high-performance community centre and storm shelter in Central Pines, Abaco.”
Dr Minnis said he expects the completion of the centre in May 2021, before the beginning of the next hurricane season.
A rendering of the Central Abaco Community Centre/Hurricane Shelter expected to be completed by May 2021. (FILE PHOTO)
ABACO, BAHAMAS The Central Abaco Community Centre/Hurricane Shelter is expected to be completed by May 2021, before the start of the next hurricane season, announced Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis today.
The prime minister and a delegation, including North Abaco MP Darren Henfield, South and Central Abaco MP James Albury, members of the Disaster Reconstruction Authority and donors for the project, were on the island for the official groundbreaking ceremony on Central Pines Drive, Abaco.
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis (center) and a delegation at the official groundbreaking ceremony of a Central Abaco Community Centre/Hurricane Shelter on Monday, December 14, 2020. (FILE PHOTO)