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Regrettably, the Administration’s first projects
– the beautification and lighting of the Country
Pond, achieved in partnership with the business Happy Birthday to
sector, and the resurfacing and decorative
paving of some of the city’s sidewalks – have
been allowed to fall into dereliction.

The lighting of highways, such as the Valley Road You, Too, Shirley...
North, the Sir George Walter Highway, the Sir
Sidney Walling Highway, and the Friars Hill Road,
also appears to have been undone, with long
stretches of these motorways having fallen into
dangerous darkness once again.
s old as Antigua and Barbuda itself, Shirley rhythms or conscious, mellow reggae – that not
The lighting project was yet another gift from the Heights Lookout also celebrates 40 years only are you in the Caribbean, but you are in
People’s Republic of China, negotiated by the Aon November 1, 2021. Antigua and Barbuda.
Spencer Administration.

Known to virtually every stay-over visitor and Tourists, as well as nationals coming back for
These are just some of the notable achievements, to thousands who disembark the cruise ships, some “home-ness,” flock to this restored section
in stone, of the United Progressive Party. Well this hilltop beauty-spot is more than a bar and of Fort Shirley to watch the boat races during
done, UPP!

restaurant. In its own right it is a tourism icon. Sailing Week; witness the stunning sunsets or
rise of the full moon; gaze down into historic
Shirley Height Lookout boasts the longest- Nelson’s Dockyard; or feast on grilled specialties
running party in the Caribbean, held every and wash them down with rum punch or Wadadli
Sunday afternoon into evening, at which the beer before working up a sweat on the dance
music reminds you – in pulsing calypso dance floor.

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