Business View Caribbean | February 2020

53 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN FEBRUARY 2020 consisting largely of the dormant volcano Mount Scenery (877 m), the highest point of the Netherlands. The island has a land area of five square miles and is home to 2,000 people living in the capital city, called The Bottom, and other towns such as St. John’s, Windwardside, and Zion’s Hill. Together, these two tiny islands of Statia and Saba are increasingly sought-after destinations for discerning travellers. And a St. Maarten- based company, Windward Roads Infrastructure, is doing a fine job of creating and maintaining the infrastructure to make possible this incomparable tourism experience. Jochem Vanderbij is the company’s Project Manager for Saba and St. Eustatius; in essence, his responsibility is coordinating the work done on those islands by Saba Roads & Construction and Statia Roads & Construction a division of Windward Roads Infrastructure and Construction (also a division of Janssen de Jong Caribbean). According to Vanderbij, “Currently, we are on a WINDWARD ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE , SABA & ST . EUSTAT IUS

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