Action For Housing Calls For Update On Road To The Lines Project

Action For Housing is calling for an update on the Road to the Lines housing project, seven years after its development was first announced.

A statement from Action for Housing follows below:

It is now seven years since the then Deputy Chief Minister, Joe Garcia, announced the development of Road to the Lines. Seven years later, this long-awaited and much-needed housing project has still not been delivered.

Last year, a group of workers spent several months clearing tonnes of rubbish and discarded items from the derelict flats and common areas, a necessary and welcome first step. However, this was not followed by any visible progress to suggest the project was moving toward completion.

While the remainder of the building remains vacant and in a state of total neglect, the southern end of the property, comprising six flats, has been refurbished to a high standard. We question why only this section has been developed while the rest of the building has been left to deteriorate.

We understand that the Deputy Chief Minister has had no involvement in the project since the end of 2023, when responsibility for the site was transferred to the Ministry for Housing. It was subsequently transferred again, and now rests with the Minister for Economic Development, Sir Joe Bossano.

In their 2023 manifesto, the GSLP Liberals committed to continuing the regeneration of Road to the Lines in order to create more homes.

As we have done throughout the past seven years, we are once again publicly calling for an answer: why has this project not progressed in seven years, and when, if ever, will it start?