St. Thomas, USVI – Liberty Mobile USVI is updating residents on the ongoing enhancements and expansion of its mobile network and infrastructure that will take place during the week of August 2-7 in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), particularly in St. Thomas and St. Croix. The work is part of the company’s ongoing improvements on the territory’s network to give it more resiliency, redundancy and improved performance. The company will continue providing USVI residents weekly updates on the construction work progress.
“We continue working hard to provide our USVI customers with a more resilient network that will respond better during natural disasters and solid mobile service and faster internet speeds,” said Naji Khoury, president and CEO of Liberty Mobile USVI. “We are also committed to complete this work with the utmost care in the construction process.”
According to Khoury, the upgrades that will take place this week in St. Thomas include asphalt restoration work at Sugar Estate Road (including Dronningens Glade and Pollyberg), Raphune Hill and Weymouth Highway to Tutu Park. Traffic rated box cover repairs will take place at Mandahl Road (Route 42), Donoe Bypass, Eastend, Smithbay Road (Emile “Milo” Francis Memorial Drive), Red Hook (Nicholas “Nick” Friday Memorial Drive), Benner Hill Cell Site (behind the Red Hook Family Practice Building), Mariendahl Road (Nadir Bridge), Turpentine Run and Mafolie Road (Road 35).
Meanwhile, thermoplastic line striping work in St. Croix will be carried out on Centerline Road, Highway 69 and Highway 73.
Specific work dates and times for these areas will be available at Liberty Mobile USVI’s website https://mobile.libertyvi.com/. This information will also be available at the Virgin Islands Department of Public Works’ website https://dpw.vi.gov/.
The executive said that these jobs will be performed with minimal traffic impact. However, he added that drivers should expect delays due to lane and partial road closures and must exercise caution when traveling in these locations.
Liberty Mobile USVI will be providing weekly updates on when and where the company will be working around the territory. In addition to press releases, the company will have weekly spots on the USVI’s main radio and television outlets so people can plan their daily commutes ahead of time. Liberty Mobile will also have a landing page in its website https://mobile.libertyvi.com/ with all the necessary information which will be updated weekly.
Liberty Mobile USVI is a sister company of Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico and a subsidiary of Liberty Latin America whose headquarters are in Denver, Colorado and is a leading communications company operating in over 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean with renowned brands such as Cable &Wireless, Flow, and BTC, among others. For more information, visit https://mobile.libertyvi.com/.
