Business View Caribbean June 2023

8 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 10, ISSUE 6 the international airport,” Skerrit said. CR5 heads the construction of the airport after winning the EC $1 billion-plus contract for the Dominica International Airport project. The company, which is in charge of the design, construction, supply, completion, testing, and commissioning of the island’s biggest project, also was given revisions on the final design of the airport. The international airport is a project that has been a long time coming, and finally in 2021 the government of Dominica signed an agreement with MMC Development Ltd. to finally begin with the construction of the airport. The developing company has been a reliable partner of the Dominican government in various residential projects that were meant to provide climate-resilient houses to the residents affected by Typhoon Erika in 2015 and Hurricane Maria in 2017. These infrastructure projects, along with the international airport, are funded by the country’s Citizenship by Investment (CBI). Dominica’s CBI programme is one of the oldest ones in the country.