{"id":4600,"date":"2021-01-21T12:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.236.132.51\/?p=4600"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:01:47","slug":"3-2m-obligation-will-demolish-and-replace-dilapidated-bmv-office-on-st-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/3-2m-obligation-will-demolish-and-replace-dilapidated-bmv-office-on-st-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"$3.2M Obligation Will Demolish and Replace Dilapidated BMV Office on St. Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 21, 2021<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4601 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_2687.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4803\" height=\"2206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">$3.2M Obligation Will Demolish and<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Replace Dilapidated BMV Office on St. Thomas<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands-<\/strong> The Office of Disaster Recovery announces that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has received an obligation of $3,231,954 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s Public Assistance Program that will provide for the demolition and replacement of the department\u2019s main office on St. Thomas. Located in Sub base, the one-story building suffered extensive damage when winds, heavy wind-driven rain, overland flooding and tidal surge associated with 2017 hurricanes swept the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe monies will allow us to build a longstanding user-friendly facility, one that we have been waiting for, for a very long time,\u201d said BMV Director Barbara Jackson-McIntosh. \u201cThe community will benefit from adequate parking and a building that is handicap accessible.\u201d Director McIntosh continued, \u201cWe\u2019ve been working in less than desirable conditions for a very long time, so along with the community, the staff will experience a modern, up-to-date facility with the latest technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The losses to the St. Thomas location amassed to over $5M, between FEMA direct funds and proceeds from insurance, the BMV now has sufficient resources to take the next steps to begin the design of the new facility.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its current state, the building is still used to conduct drivers\u2019 written tests, renewals and vehicle licensing and inspections. It will be rebuilt to accommodate staff, a waiting and test room, cashiers, and vehicle inspection bays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor far too long, residents and staff that utilize the St. Thomas office have had to endure sub-par conditions and reduced services,\u201d said Office of Disaster Recovery Director Adrienne L. Williams-Octalien. \u201cThrough the support of our federal and local stakeholders, the BMV will finally begin to rebuild the St. Thomas location, construction should be complete by April 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project to replace the department\u2019s office on St. Croix is still under review from FEMA. For this and other disaster recovery updates, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Office of Disaster Recovery<br \/>\n\u201cBuilding a Legacy of Resilience\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 21, 2021 &nbsp; &nbsp; $3.2M Obligation Will Demolish and Replace Dilapidated BMV Office on St. Thomas &nbsp; ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands- The Office of Disaster Recovery announces that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has received an obligation of $3,231,954 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s Public Assistance Program that will provide for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"project_id":"","notification":"","due_date":"","status":"","show_rebuild":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,156,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-releases","category-viodr-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18924,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600\/revisions\/18924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}