Construction Updates

As the adjacent cane is being cut, some debushing and maintenance was done at Valley and Constant in early June 2022.

Clearing sections at Three Houses, Vineyard and Bushy Park continued in May 2022. The work included debushing, grading and reclamation of the original track bed that had been incorporated into agricultural fields and where the original trail had been diverted.

In February 2022 we started clearing sections at Three Houses, Vineyard and Bushy Park. The work included the clearing of a watercourse, removal of illegally dumped garbage and reclamation of the original track bed that had been incorporated into agricultural fields and where the original trail had been diverted.

In January and February, work continued on the parking lot at Valley, which is being funded primarily by the Tourism Development Corporation.

The Trailway Project and Future Centre Trust would like to express their gratitude for the contributions made by Joe Brooker's Building Limited, Ready-Mix Limited and BRC West Indies Ltd.

In December, work started on the parking lot at Valley, which is being funded primarily by the Tourism Development Corporation.

Work continued at Constant Plantation in November, in preparation for the next section of the Demo Stretch.

First, the bush is cleared, then the terrain is levelled and graded.

On 12 November, a team of 13 members of Emera Caribbean office staff came out and helped plant tree along the newly paved section at Valley East.

The Trailway Project and Future Centre Trust would like to express their gratitude for the financial contribution made by Emera Caribbean.

On 4 October 2021, the teams from Adopt-A-Stop Barbados and Crane & Equipment erected the first shelter the Valley Trailhead in St. George.

A small parking lot, benches and signage are also planned.

After some delays because of heavy rain, the team at CO Williams Construction completed the paving of the next 300m on 8 September 2020.

This section is part of the Demo Stretch and is called "Valley East".

It is flat and straight and has room for about 100 fruit trees.

When construction work for the Barbados Water Authority at Spring Garden Highway threatened the cutting down of some palms, the Trailway Team sprang into action and quickly moved over 30 Royal Palms, Fiji Palms and Cotton Palms.

These palms now mark crossings and other highlights along the Trailway in the Salters/Valley area.

The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award is a programme that equips young people for life and work. Having started in Great Britain in 1957, it was established in Barbados in 1963. Its Mission is to inspire young Barbadians to challenge themselves to gain life skills through fun, exciting, quality activities.

This year participants in the Gold Level Programme had the opportunity to help plant a number of fruit trees along the Trailway.

In August the Trailway Team continued clearing sections of the Trailway west of the Demo Stretch.

This included the disposal of some of the remaining supports for a gas pipeline that the Barbados National Petroleum Corporation did not remove when they buried the pipeline some 10 years ago.

Grading, leveling and laying of a marl foundation for the next 300m of paving were completed in July 2021.

Through the One Tree for Every Bajan program funded by the Cable and Wireless Foundation/Flow, WIRRED worked with the Future Centre Trust and The Caribbean Permaculture Research Institute of Barbados (CPRI) to plant trees along the trail.

Many thanks to all our wonderful volunteers including members of the St. Gabriel's Sea Scouts, the Barbados Boy Scouts Association and UWI students from the Caribbean Tree Planting Week project; and our wonderful team who ensured the event ran smoothly.